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Chapter 28
"Well, what a surprise!"
Agent X's black as night eyes were pure evil, menacing but smug. Her brown hair was damp and wet, sticking to her head. Tiny drops of water fell down her head, trickling through her facial features, and soaking into her wet clothes.
The three terrified teens in front of her were completely dry in contrast, despite the tears of fear clouding their alarmed eyes. They were at an utter loss of words.
A laugh escaped Agent X's sinister smile. "So this is how you start a war! With a harmless, juvenile prank!" She slid across the wet floor over to them, circling their bodies. "I should've known this was what it was going to be. Kids," she pffted.
"Where's Sterling?" Tayler managed to ask, trying to hide the quiver in his already trembling voice.
"The Cooper Clone?" Agent X teased. "I caught him in front of our fire alarm, warning somebody through a wallow talkie like a child in a game of hide and seek," she joked to herself. "Guess I won this round, boys?"
"Where is he?" Nico demanded with as much strength as he could muster.
"Oh, don't worry. You'll be joining him soon."
Before anyone could protest, three burly guards marched into the room and swooped up the three boys in one scoop. Their screams were muffled by the tape slapped onto their mouths.
Agent X smirked at them as she walked up closer to them. Despite her short stature, she stood tall above them.
"I know what game you're playing," she told them in a deadly whisper. "You all can sabotage this place and hide whenever you want. But don't think for a second that I won't find you. I may not be a child like yourselves but i I am the master of hide and seek. I will always find you."
And with those chilling words burned into their minds, they were tossed into the dungeon.
"Alright, guys," Alexa started. "What do you think is going on here?"
"Hmmm... Shopping?" Tawni suggested.
"Digging to make a garden!" Sonny squealed.
Alexa shook her head impatiently.
"Searching for hidden information guarded by the CIA!" Zora exclaimed.
"BAM!" Alexa shouted, pointing to Zora. They high-fived.
"Really?" Tawni raised an eyebrow. "How are you supposed to get that?"
"I know!" Sonny agreed.
"But why would you think it's searching for a hidden treasure? That's nothing like it!" Tawni guffawed.
"Hello?" Sonny stretched. "You guessed shopping!"
Tawni sighed. "I hate charades."
"Well, what do you think we should do?" Zora asked her.
"I don't know... SHOPPING!" she gasped.
"No," the three girls said in unison.
Zora yawned. "Well, I'm gonna go work on my new molecular transporter." She hopped up and bounced out the door.
Tawni pursed. "Hey, where's Chad?"
Alexa's gaze immediately turned to Sonny, who had paled at the mention of his name.
"Umm, I don't know..." Sonny lied.
"Weird," Tawni said. "Hey, Sonny, wanna paint each other's nails?"
Sonny rolled her eyes. "Seems like I have no choice." She rose from the wooden chair she was sitting down and followed Tawni to her bedroom before stopping.
"Alexa?"
Her sister didn't respond, but her eyes had that dazed look she had whenever she was thinking deep about something.
Sonny hesitated. "Lex, you coming?"
"What?" her eyes blinked rapidly as if she had just woken up. "No, I'm... I'm gonna go out for a bit."
"Okay..." Sonny said. "See you in a bit?"
"Yeah." She smiled as she grabbed her navy coat and purse before strolling out the door.
Sonny stared suspiciously after her. What was she up to?
The light from the open window slowly darkened with each second. The change in color caused Chad's eyes to open slowly.
"Ahh..." he groaned, reaching over to his phone. He clicked it open: 5:37 PM. Apparently he had taken a nap.
Chad yawned, stretching his arms wide as he jumped out of his bed. He rubbed his tired blue eyes, before distinctly hearing a knocking noise.
"Chad?"
His eyes shot open as he realized somebody was at the door. "Coming!" he called before rushing over to the door and opening it.
At first, he thought it was Sonny. But then he realized this girl's eyes and hair were darker, and her face was more elegant then carefree.
"Alexa," he gasped. "Wh - what are you doing here?" He suddenly felt self conscious with his bedhead appearance in front of such an intimidating woman and subconsciously straightened his hair with a flip.
The corners of her lips upturned at his action. "Hello, Chad. May I come in?"
"Uh. Yeah. Yes, you can come in," he quickly replied, ushering her in.
She awkwardly stood in the room, her eyes raising at the unorganized clutter.
"Sorry about the mess," Chad's face reddened. "I'm kinda..."
"Messy?" Alexa teased. "Don't worry. I'm the same way."
"You?" Chad asked before he could stop himself.
She laughed. "I know it's hard to believe. But I don't like everything completely organized, because then I can't find anything."
"That's how I am!"
"Sonny's the opposite," she grinned. "Complete neat freak. God."
Chad smiled back, remembering Sonny's nitpicky ways. "I know."
"Figures why she'd like someone like you, then." She winked.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Chad wondered, not realizing what she said.
"Well, Sonny loves me. And you seem a lot like me. So obviously, that's why she loves you."
Me? Like her? Chad tried as much as he possibly could but could not fathom the idea of him being similar to the Agent Knight. "What do you mean, she loves me?"
"What do you mean, what do I mean?" Alexa asked. "She loves you. You know that."
"No, she doesn't. We had a fight-,"
"Just a little spat," she shook off. "Why does that matter?"
"She said she won't come back to So Random!" Chad told her. "Which means she doesn't want to be with us anymore."
"Chad, you know how she is. Always worrying about others before herself. She somehow put an idea into her brain that this would end up hurting you."
"Me?" Chad questioned.
"You will be questioned, Chad. There's no doubt about it. But you won't always be. You can just say you were on a vacation, and we'll make up a story about how Sonny wanted to take a break in Wisconsin and Demi went to rehab and decided to quit. If they want to know if you ever talked to Sonny, say you did know but didn't tell anyone because you respect her wishes."
"...are you a publicist or something?" Chad wondered.
"Let's just say I've had a lot of practice with publicity," Alexa said. "And Sonny, for some reason, is mad at you."
"The fight?"
She pursed. "I don't think that's exactly it. I talked to her earlier and convinced her to go to you and talk about it. Obviously, that didn't happen. And when Tawni mentioned you, she looked kinda sad."
"What did I do?"
"I have no idea. But you have to do something to make it up to her."
Chad grumbled.
Alexa laughed. "Hey, you're the guy and that's the guy's job."
"I'll make it up to her," he decided. "I don't know how, but I will."
"Good," she patted him on the back. "Now, I think we need to get to the organization. It's been three hours and i haven't heard anything from Sterling, Nico, Taylor, and Grady."
Chad paled. "You don't think...?"
Alexa looked out the window to see the sun setting in the horizon, the night almost having arrived. "We need to go."
"Why is there a fire extinguisher outside the building?" Zora's eyebrows raised.
Alexa waved her hand. "Not important. Kay, so we need a plan."
"Does it involve moving?" Tawni whined, flipping her hair annoyed.
"Even though we haven't even made it yet," Zora rolled her eyes, "I'm sure it will."
"Yes, but..." Alexa stared at Tawni inquisitively. "Tawni's job won't."
"Yay!" she cheered then stuck her tongue in Zora's face. "Ha!"
"Tawni can distract those guards," Alexa pointed to the two young boys in their mid-twenties leaning against the entrance of the building. "Think you can handle them?"
Tawni batted her eyelashes and licked her lips. "Ooh, yes, I can..." She skipped merrily to their direction.
Zora crinkled her nose in disgust. "That is so gross." Alexa secretly agreed with her.
"Now we're going to hit the dungeons first," she said. "Agent X is here and since we haven't had any word from them, they're most probably there."
"Yeah, getting thrown into dungeons is part of our daily schedule now," Zora replied sarcastically. Alexa cracked a smile. Sonny burst into laughter. Alexa and Zora turned to her in surprise.
"Whoa," Zora exclaimed. "You were so quiet I didn't even know you were there."
Alexa raised her eyebrows while Sonny just smiled sheepishly. Her sister saw the hidden sadness in her eyes and quickly understood.
"Don't worry," she said to no one in particular. "They're fine."
"Alright, I think Tawni's gotten them pretty distracted." They saw the two boys staring intently at the flirtatious blonde. Tawni noticed them staring and beckoned the boys around the building.
"Let's move!" The girls raced quietly to the door and quickly entered. The hallway was suspciously quiet but they just set off.
"Okay, so let's-,"
"I thought you'd come," laughed a voice coming down the corridor. "Such children. They practically baited themselves."
Agent X showed off her famous smug smirk as she revealed herself to the girls. "The usual, I'm guessing? You'll go to the dungeons, sneak in somehow, and see your beloved boyfriends terrified down there! 'Oh no! How did this happen?' Then, of course their ridiculous explanation and then a rescue plan usually ending with me going, 'You rotten kids!' Honestly, you kids are so predictable. When are we ending this?"
"Now," Alexa whispered mysteriously. She stepped closer to the woman. "This 'game' ends now. We're not leaving this place until you are defeated."
Agent X rolled her eyes. "Guards!"
"Go," Alexa quickly said to Sonny and Zora. "Now!"
The two girls ran down the hallway as fast as possible. Fear crept in their minds. They had never left somebody behind before.
"Hey, wait up!" Tawni was running after them, trying to catch up. "Where are we going?"
"To get the guys!" Zora answered as they came to an abrupt halt in front of a black door.
"Where are they?" Sonny demanded as she opened the dungeon door. There was no one inside.
"What?" Zora gasped.
"Guess X decided to change the game up a bit," Sonny rolled her eyes. "Now where could they be?"
"Well, it took you long enough!"
To their utter surprise, Taylor, Nico, Grady, and Stsrling all stood leaned against the wall. "Where have you guys been?" Nico asked.
"You guys busted out by yourselves?" Zora asked in disbelief.
"Well, Taylor did most of the work," Grady admitted.
"Don't forget about me!" Sterling reminded them. "Keeping watch is a very important job."
Nico snorted. "Please."
"Wait, where's Alexa?" Sterling suddenly noticed.
Sonny gasped. "We left her back there!"
"She told us too, remember?" Tawni pointed out.
"Yeah, but who knows what happened to her!" Sonny said in fear.
"Wait a second," Grady stopped them. "Where's Chad?"
Zora's face fell into her hands. "Oh, my gosh."
"Did he even come with us?" Tawni wondered.
"No," Sonny realized, worry entering her timid voice.
"Well, then he's safe," Nico sighed in relief. "...hopefully."
"Let's just focus on finding Alexa," Taylor said. "What exactly happened to her?"
Sonny explained. "We came here to get you guys but X came. Before anything started, Al told us to go. And here we are."
"So she can't be far," Taylor said, relieved.
"Let's go before that changes!" Sterling exclaimed. Everyone agreed as they all started racing down the corridor in search of their friend.
"Ah!" cried a voice as the hall went dark.
"Who was that?" Taylor asked. "Sonny?"
"Here!"
"Zora?"
"Not me."
"Nico?"
"Thank God, no."
"Sterling?"
"Nope."
"Grady?"
"I'm here."
"Tawni?"
No answer.
"Tawni!" Sonny screamed.
A muffled shout came from behind. They turned to see Tawni's mouth taped, arms and legs tied, and carried by an agent standing next to the notorious X.
"I swear, it must be my birthday today," Agent X said in glee.
"Where's Alexa?" Sonny demanded.
"I'm afraid you're too late, dear," Agent X smirked. She looked elated with happiness causing everyone to panic inside.
Sonny gulped. "What do you mean?"
"She's dead," X answered. "And this time, for real."
The cries of anguish followed were all muted and everything went dark.
"Sonny? You up?"
Two eyes shot open to reveal dark brown irises. "Huh?"
"Sonny, are you okay?"
Small, pale hands jumped to a delicate tearsoaked face, rubbing eyes. "Why...why was I crying?"
The person standing above her, Tawni, stated at her. "You mean you don't remember?"
"I remember... Something hit me... I screamed... Two eyes glowed..." Sonny held her head. "What...happened?"
No one said a word. She sat up to see everyone's face pale, still, like stone.
"Tawni?"
Tears filled her eyes as she sobbed into her hands.
"Zora?"
A tear ran down her small face.
"Nico? Grady?"
Their faces were contorted in sorrow seeing Sonny and silent sobs erupted from their eyes.
"Taylor?"
His eyes were closed, but his face was lifeless.
"Sterling?"
He was as still as a statue, staring at nothing, white as snow.
"What the heck is going on and why won't you tell me?" Sonny stood up and went up to Taylor. She grabbed his collar and looked him dead in the eye.
"What. Is. Going. On?"
Taylor's tears overflew faster. "Allison..."
"Tell me!"
"Alexa," he choked out.
"What about her?"
"She's dead."
Suddenly the same words whispered into her mind but by a different voice, two evil eyes glowing brightly. "You're lying."
"I'm not, Allison," Taylor said. "The agents explained it to us when you were knocked out. She was all alone. They got to her. There was nothing anyone could do. We saw her body-."
"SHUT UP!" Sonny screamed. "Shut up. Stop telling me this."
Taylor looked at her almost in pity. "We're just telling you the truth..."
"Last time they told me she was dead, too!" Sonny shouted. "Last time they were wrong!"
"Sonny, we saw the body," Zora said in exasperation, trying to hold in tears.
"It can't be true," Sonny whispered. "It can't. She's Alexa. She'd never leave us. She'd never leave me. She promised me."
"Sometimes we don't have choices in those matters," Tawni cried softly.
Sonny limped her body to the corner of the room and sank to the floor. She pulled her knees together and sobbed into them.
"I already lost Chad," she cried to herself. "Why Alexa too?"
Alexa, the older sister who never bossed her around but played with her no matter how old she was.
Alexa, the girl she could always talk to, laugh with, and share jokes with.
Alexa, the agent she looked up to and admired.
Alexa, the person Sonny always wanted to be.
"Al," Sonny sobbed. "Don't leave me..."
"Are they still in the dungeon?" Agent X asked the scrawny young man standing before her desk.
"No, there have been no reports of escape, Agent X," he answered, in a squeaky sort of voice resembling a rat.
"Good. Back to your station."
The agent nodded and left whilst Agent X smiled at the successes of the day.
All of the kids were in the dungeons and had not even attempted to escape. Now she could do whatever she wanted with the annoying children.
And best of all, the devil child she had despised for years was dead! Shot in the head while fighting for freedom. How stupid. X was absolutely sure she was dead this time, for she had seen the girl go down herself.
A strange feeling had taken over Agent X watching Agent Knight die by gunshot. It was as if the world was spinning and she couldn't understand anything. Strange emotions swirled through her senses. It was almost as if she were...sad.
Impossible. How could she be anything but happy at the girl's death? She had caused her nothing but trouble.
"Mommy, I wanna be just like you when I grow up," smiled a bright-eyed young girl of five.
Agent X froze at the sudden memory.
The stout woman smiled at the girl while placing a peck on her forehead. "You will, my dear. You will."
"Agent X!" a man shouted suddenly opening the door of her office in haste. "There have been signs of disturbances!"
X stood up. "The children?"
"We checked. They're still in there. But we found these," the man said, handing over two locks of hair, one short and one long.
Agent X placed them on her palm. The shorter one was a light color, probably blonde. The longer one was darker and waved.
"Bring the children here immediately."
"What do you want with us, X?" Taylor sputtered as he and his friends were lined up against the wall, handcuffed and tied.
"There have been signs of disturbances lately, yet my agents here report you have been in the dungeon the whole time."
"We have," Sterling said.
"However, we have found two pieces of evidence." She pulled out the short blonde lock of hair.
The teens exchanged knowing glances.
"And this," she said, pulling out the long dark one. This time, the children looked bewildered.
"Those aren't ours," Tawni defended.
"Really?" Agent X said, striding over to them. "Because this blonde one here matches his hair perfectly," X said, pointing to Sterling, "and this dark one with Allison."
"Sonny and I haven't done anything," Sterling said. "You're crazy."
Two agents stood up but X stopped them.
"No need," she said. "What's the matter, boy? I've seen the way you look at Agent Knight, young man. Surely you had been devastated with the news and set out to find her body."
"I have no idea what you're talking about," he replied, his face slightly reddening.
"And of course Allison here would have wanted to recover her sister for herself," X smirked. "Now wouldn't you, my dear?"
Sonny's eyes were red as she stares at Agent X's glowing eyes.
"How could you," Sonny whispered. "How could you kill the person you loved most in this world?"
"Stop your nonsense, daughter, and admit your crime!"
"Not until you admit yours!"
Agent X grabbed a knife from her pocket and pointed it at Sonny's head. "Now you listen-,"
"Put the stick down, X," a young man, stepping in from the shadows.
Taylor blinked. "Chad?"
Chad Dylan Cooper flashed his signature smirk. "In the flesh."
X glared at him. "Not for long!" She raised it above her head before having it snatched from her hands.
"What the...?" Agent X turned to see no one there. Everyone looked around for the culprit except for Chad.
"Oh, just show yourself before they all die of curiosity," Chad joked.
A laugh came from beside him as the faint shadow of a girl resting her hand on his shoulder appeared. "Before they die of happiness seeing you, right?" she teased.
"Exactly," he winked.
"Who are you?" X demanded.
"You haven't guessed by now?" The girl walked closer, her face masked. She ripped off the mask and stared smugly at Agent X.
"Impossible," X gasped.
"Al!" Sonny cried.
"Miss me?" Alexa smiled.
"How is this possible?" Agent X shouted. "I saw the bullet go through your head!"
"No, thankfully not," Alexa shook her head. "You see, I was worried a moment like that would happen here so I had Chad travel secretly with us where no one but I knew he was here. When I knew the attack was coming, I sent the girls to get the other guys. When I realized I would get shot soon, I dove in a corner pretending to dodge. I saw Chad throw something that looked exactly like me into the crowd of shots. A shot went off and I heard X cheer. Before anyone heard, I snuck off with Chad."
"You shot a doll and didn't realize it?" Agent X yelled at her agents who all scurried into a corner.
"Where did you get a doll that looked exactly like Alexa?" Tawni asked suspiciously.
Chad shrugged. "I know a guy."
"This is it," X said, whipping out a gun from her jacket. "Alexa, I am not playing anymore games. We are finishing this now and forever."
"No!" Sonny screamed, running in front of her sister. "Stop this right now!"
"Move aside, girl!" X commanded, pulling the trigger.
"You love Alexa!" Sonny shouted. "Admit it! You care for her, admire her, and love her! But she became so much better than you, you went mad with jealousy and forgot about the little girl that you loved more than your own daughter!"
Agent X blinked, in a daze. The trigger still pulled, she reached to click.
"NO!" cried all the teens.
"SONNY!" Chad screeched, grabbing the knife fallen on the floor before plunging it into Agent X's back.
A loud cry of anguish erupted from the woman who fell to the floor like a ragged doll.
"Agent X!" screamed Alexa, as she knelt down to the dying woman. She placed her palm over her head, beads of swear dripping on her forehead.
"Alexa..." she choked out. "You know, don't you..."
"Know what?" Alexa asked.
"That..." she managed before gasping for air. "I...love...you..."
A silent tear fell down Alexa's face. "Yes. I know, Agent X. Are you proud of me?"
"More..." she whispered, "than you'll ever know..."
And with those words spoken, the body of Agent X went still.
Alexa's eyes closed. She muttered something and placed a small peck on her lifeless cheek.
"Goodbye, Mom."
It had been two weeks since all the excitement had died down. Everyone was working their own jobs again. Sonny, Tawni, Nico, Grady, and Zora were all back at So Random! Chad had rejoined his cast at Mackenzie Falls. Sterling had gone back to Disney. Since Abbie With A Chance, he was being put into a new show. They had all been asked several question but they all answered that they had been on vacation. When Sterling was questioned about Demi, he explained that she had decided to leave fame and her whereabouts were confidential.
Alexa was the only one who's life wasn't as easy to go back to. She went back to Paris, but memories of Justin and Agent X had begun to haunt her so she had moved in with Sonny. She was currently there trying to figure out to do with her life.
One day, Alexa had told Sonny to inform everyone that they should all come over to their apartment so they could catch up. No one had really spoken to each other except the Randoms, so this was a change.
"Guys," Alexa started. "I have something to announce."
The Randoms were all squished on the main, largest couch while Chad and Sterling were sitting on two small ones next to them. Alexa stood before them.
"What is it, Al?" Sonny asked.
"I've found a new job."
This perked up everyone's attention. "What is it?" Sterling asked.
"Taylor called me yesterday to talk about it," she explained. "You're looking at the new star of the next Pirates of Caribbean movie."
All jaws dropped. "You're joking!" Sonny gasped.
Alexa smiled sheepishly. "Taylor gave me the idea a while ago. We've been trained to be disguised as actors. Why not actually be one? He got the part a couple days ago and they said they needed a girl. I came for an audition yesterday, and I'm in."
"Al!" Sonny cried in glee. "That's amazing!" She engulfed her sister in a huge hug.
"I know, I know," she winked. "So everybody, tell me how you guys are doing!"
While everyone began explaining their lives, Chad nudged Sonny.
"Can I talk to you in private?"
Sonny nodded and she followed him into the kitchen. A nervous feeling went through her. She hadn't talked to Chad since their fight so long ago and hadn't really seen him since had saved her life.
Chad leaned against the wall, sighing in frustration. "Sonny... I'm so sorry."
"About what?" she asked.
"I know you must hate me...I mean I killed your mother..."
"What?" Sonny asked. "You think I hate you?"
Chad looked at her as if she were crazy. "Sonny, I killed your mother."
"You saved my life, Chad! How could I hate you?"
His blue eyes blinked. "But you didn't talk to me..."
"Because you didn't talk to me!"
"But, Sonny..." Chad pursed. "Weren't you sad that she died?"
"A little," Sonny admitted. "But I knew it had to be done."
"But imagine how Alexa must feel about me now!" Chad said. "Did you see her when she died?"
"Alexa understands," Sonny reassured him. "She knew that it was necessary."
"But, Sonny..."
"If you hadn't done that, Al and I would be dead!"
"But-,"
His sentence was stopped short by Sonny shutting him up with a kiss. She brushed her lips against his and then let go.
"Believe me now?" she smirked.
Chad said nothing but pulled her to him for another kiss. "I love you, Sonny," a bright smile beaming on his face.
"I love you, Chad," Sonny grinned.
"Finally!" They turned to see everyone staring at them with cameras in their hands.
"And we got it on tape!" Zora grinned evilly.
Sonny and Chad ignored them and kissed again. It didn't matter anymore. They were finally where they were supposed to be.
With each other.
*tears up* Can you believe it? This is the last chapter of Secrets Can Never Be Hidden. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! D:
I know this chapter is sort of abrupt and stuff but I didn't really wanna make it that long. Some things have not been answered in this chapter and they will be answered in the Epilogue I'm writing. The thing is, though, I will release the epilogue when I get 200 reviews. It's not that hard, guys! Just tell me what you think of this!
Some of you might have noticed this, some not, but the character Alexa actually has the same name as me. I had talked to my friend about what the name of Sonny's sister should be and she thought it would be mine because apparently Alexa Knight seems like an awesome agent name xD And the craziest part was that I named her love interest Justin before I got Bieber Fever a couple months ago. :O Crazy, right?
I just wanted to thank everyone who stuck with this story for the year it took to write due to my terrible procrastination. :P All your reviews and kind words have motivated me to make this story the best it could be. Secrets Can Never Be Hidden is my last SWAC multichapter and it might actually be my last multichapter ever. My heart isn't in my writing anymore so this actually may be the last SWAC thing I ever write. :(
Thanks to everyone who reviewed, favorited, alerted, stuck through with me, or read just a bit of my story because that just means the world to me. :"D
Au revoir, my friends! And if you want that epilogue, you know what to do ;)
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~Alexa Knight~
