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This chapter's also based on 'Totally Busted Part 1'.
By the time I caught up with Allison, she was right in front of the office along with the girls. "Allison, will you please just stop and list…" "Quiet!" Alex, Clover and Sam turned around and hissed at both of us. "You have no fucking right to tell me what to do, especially after th…" Sam grabbed Allison and covered her mouth.
I dreaded knowing why they were acting like that… It was obviously very serious.
And then, I heard something else.
"Lilette is to quit your stupid organization and break any contact she has with you." Uncle Angus' icy voice could be heard. "You'll tell Bryony, won't you?" Dad spoke up. "Oh, so now you remembered my sister! After 18 fucking years!"
The moment I registered that, anger washed over me. I couldn't believe what I had just heard.
One thing was clear to me though. I had no intention of breaking contact with Dad or quitting this just because my uncle got fucking angry. I wasn't going to let him take away from me what I've been yearning for years…
"YOU HAVE NO RIGHT!" I ran into the office while shouting those words. Uncle and Dad immediately turned in my direction. The latter was looking at me in surprise. The former's face was filled with so much fury…
"Lilette, start heading home right away..." Uncle ordered in a low, angry tone. "I'm not listening to you." I retorted with a glare. "As long as you live under our roof, you will listen to our every word." By now, his face was practically contorted with rage.
I shook my head angrily, wanting to say something else… "Lilette, listen to your uncle." Dad suddenly spoke up quietly. I looked at him in surprise. "Dad, you can't possibly agree with this?!" I asked pleadingly.
There was this cold look on his face… The last time I saw it was during the time he was giving me silent treatment… I really, really hoped and prayed he was going to say something to Uncle, to come to my support…
"Don't make this any harder. Just listen to him." Dad responded in the exact same, cold tone he had used during that 'silent treatment' time.
I felt like someone slapped me in face, or just pushed me to the ground. I felt alone all of a sudden… How could he just be fine with what my uncle wanted? Why wouldn't he help me?!
"Dad, please, tell him that…" "YOU HEARD WHAT HE SAID!" Uncle shouted at me. I flinched before my eyes looked between them back and forth. Turning away from Uncle's fury-filled face, I walked towards Dad and quickly hugged him. I was about to pull away, when…
He hugged me back tightly. "How can you be fine with this?" I asked quietly. "I'm not. Keep your X-Powder with you, I'll call you later." He responded.
I pulled away and ran out of the office.
Once I finally came home, I used my X-Powder to change into white shirt, magenta skirt and magenta shoes.
I then sat on a sofa and took a nearby book. I tried to read it, but then had to throw it away.
I couldn't read it. I couldn't distract myself with anything in the fucking house. Suspense was killing me. It was only a matter of time before Uncle came here… It was only a matter of time before he told Mother everything… It was only a matter of time before my life got completely destroyed, and left in pieces…
Third Person's POV
"YOU HEARD WHAT HE SAID!" Angus shouted, making his niece flinch.
A part of him was pleased she still knew who the authority was in here. He was pleased she had decency to look scared after the shit she and Jerry had been pulling behind his back. He was pleased the latter had decency to tell Lily to listen to him.
Normally, a part of him would feel bad for shouting at his own niece like that… That wasn't the case this time though. Uncontrollable anger and shock overwhelmed him. The only thing that mattered to him was telling both Lilette and Gerald who the boss here was.
The girl's dark brown eyes looked between his icy-blue ones and Jerry's dark brown ones. His eyebrows furrowed as she walked towards the man and hugged him. What surprised him even more was the moment he hugged her back. He even had to crouch a little to hug the short girl, given how much taller he was.
Angus didn't know what to make of the scene in front of him… A part of him wanted to shout at them to stop hugging, and yet… The sight left him baffled.
Thankfully for him, Lilette then ran out of the office. Angus quickly turned around to see Jerry looking at her disappearing form. Then, his eyes turned to the younger man.
At that moment, Angus felt another surge of anger go through him. He rarely got this angry… And when he did, he could do terrible things. It was something he would usually regret later. Except that, this time, he felt like he would never regret what he was about to do.
Even his sister knew he could be like this. When they were younger, she told him he was goddamn scary (literal words). Jerry was another unfortunate person to witness him be in that state. Once, but he still was.
"I have no fucking idea what the fuck you did to her to make her this upset about not seeing you again." At hearing Angus' dangerously even tone, Jerry frowned. "What I did to her?" He repeated cautiously. "Yes." "I care about Lily. She's my…" "You have no right to say that you care about my niece. Not after all the fucking things you had done to my family." Angus cut him off icily.
The moment those words came out of his mouth, Jerry sighed. "I do feel… Responsible and guilty for what happened to all three of you." He admitted while folding his arms. "Good for you. I'm not the only one suffering." Angus growled, now walking up to him. "EXCEPT THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT BEFORE YOU HAD DONE EVERYTHING!" He then shouted right in his right ear.
He expected Jerry to flinch, back away, or at least show some sort of fear… But the man remained oddly still.
"I can see you're upset…" "Oh, upset doesn't even begin to describe it. Do you think I'm an idiot?!" Angus backed away, his icy-blue eyes looking at him furiously. "I never took you for one. Granted, you sometimes acted foolishly, but…"
"STOP PRETENDING TO ACT LIKE YOU KNOW ME!" The younger man roared. Jerry looked at him from head to toe with a frown. "Why should I? I do know you." He replied honestly. "No, you don't." Angus growled and was about to turn on his heel when…
"Angus Napoleon Chase." Jerry's words made him stop. "Son of Charles and Arabella Chase, from a family full of well-known engineers. Always wanted to live life to its fullest. Pulled everyone into trouble, and never regretted it." By now, he looked up at the man, who kept looking straight in his eyes.
At that point, Angus refused to more of bullshit the man was trying to sell to him. He even found arguing with him to be pointless. He just wanted to get out…
"Stop it." He spoke up icily, curling his hands into fists. "I hope you said 'goodbye' to Lilette properly," He then walked up to Jerry. "Because this is the last time you'll ever see her again."
Without waiting for a response, he ran out of the office.
"Where's the exit?" Angus asked Clover, Alex and Sam with a frown. "That's what I want to know too." Allison huffed.
Sam let out a sigh. "I'll lead you to the exit… Just follow me." She started walking away. Allison and Angus walked after her immediately.
Clover and Alex exchanged glances. "I wouldn't want to be Lily right now…" The latter trailed off a bit frightened. The blonde looked at her friend in disbelief. "You think Lily has problems?! Our mums know about this!" She exclaimed.
"But you've seen how Angus reacted to this... That's far worse than our mums." "Plus, Angus basically just forbade Jerry to see Lily again." Sam's voice made them look up. The redhead ran up to her friends.
Clover frowned. "Weren't you supposed to show them where the exit is?" She asked. "I was… Until Angus insisted I just tell them directions. Then he and Allison ran away as fast as they could." Sam explained. "He was really angry. I think he's not just angry with Lily or Jer, but with three of us too." She then added.
"He most probably sees us as accomplices." The blonde let out a groan. "Most probably." Sam agreed. "Now we look like biggest criminals to him, when we're actually supposed to be fighting them!" "The irony." The redhead agreed with Clover's words. "What do you think, how's Lily?" Alex spoke up.
"I have a feeling it's not gonna be good when Angus comes home." Clover pointed out. "Definitely not." Alex and Sam agreed.
Lily's POV
The door slamming open made me jump up from the sofa. I immediately knew it was Uncle.
Only he could be so furious to slam the door… Mother never did that, no matter how angry she was. She always told me slamming doors was quite impolite for ladies…
I held my breath as Uncle Angus finally walked into the living room. His icy-blue eyes were looking into my dark brown ones. There was an angry glint to them, as if they wanted to pierce through my soul. His body language was no better. His arms were folded, which also indicated he was furious as fuck. A typical pose of a peed off uncle, who was about to do something I didn't want to think about, yet knew I couldn't escape.
"How long?" He demanded in a low, calm tone. "How long what?" I raised an eyebrow and put hands on my hips. "How long have you known?" He spoke up yet again, in that same tone.
It was a voice of someone who was obviously trying to be an authority figure, but didn't want to shout if possible… Too bad that wasn't going to be the case, especially since he wasn't direct at all with his questions.
"About what? You're really unprecise." I straightened up with a glare. "How long have you known about him, and been part of that thing?" He growled. "Been part of what?" I demanded with a frown. "That Human Protection thing!"
"Oh, you're talking about Dad and WOOHP? Why not refer to them as such?" I spoke up sarcastically.
I could tell he was losing his patience. Fine by me, since I wasn't willing to answer anything to him.
"HOW LONG?!" He roared this time, making me flinch in shock. But I quickly regained my posture. "Why would you care?" "All this time, you've been in contact with your father and worked for a spy organization, and you never told me!" Uncle Angus retorted furiously.
By now, both of us were glaring daggers at each other from opposite sides of the living room.
"Do you realize how hypocritical you're sounding right now?" I spoke up with a glare. "Me?" Uncle pointed at himself incredulously. "Yes, you." I pointed at him as well. "Lilette, you've been hiding this from me for…"
At that point, I really had it enough. I had it enough of Uncle trying to justify his hypocrisy by getting attention off himself and turning to my 'mistake'… Which really wasn't one. I was never going to regret becoming a spy, or finding Dad.
"You've always kept secrets from me, so this doesn't make much of a difference!" I screeched, cutting him off in process. "Lilette, what you just did behind my back all this time…." "IS SOMETHING I'D NEVER TAKE BACK!" I cut him off.
It could be said this was like a glaring match between me and my uncle. Both of us were looking at each other angrily, as if we wanted to burn the other with only our glares.
"Go to your room." Uncle spoke up icily. "What?" I responded with a raised eyebrow. "I SAID, GO TO YOUR ROOM! YOU'RE GROUNDED UNTIL YOU LEARN TO BEHAVE PROPERLY!" He shouted. "Oh, so we're back to having me stay in my room? What an authority figure you are!" I started laughing.
"GO TO YOUR ROOM!" He shouted more loudly; his face contorted with even more anger…
I looked at him, realizing me winning this argument was pointless. Dad was right. He was fucking furious…
Without another word, I raced to my room. Then, I slammed the door and locked them.
I immediately went to my chair and sat on it. As soon as I took out my X-Powder, I dialed Dad.
"How are you feeling?" He asked once his hologram appeared. "Terrible." I sighed. "You?" "I think you know the answer already." He responded honestly. "What are we going to do now?" "Angus doesn't want me to see, or talk to you anymore. He made that clear."
"Don't tell me you're going to listen." I spoke up in a bit of disbelief. "Lily, I'm not. While Angus is angry… Do you really think I'd just let you walk out of my life like that, after everything?" He gave me an expectant look.
The moment he said that, tension left me immediately. I was so nervous he was willing to cut me out of his life if Uncle Angus wanted that…
"I wasn't sure… Especially since you've been acting strange lately. I've been really worried about you." I admitted. He looked at me in what seemed to be realization before facepalming with a sigh. "Listen, Lily… It was nothing about you. The reason… Why I've been quiet lately is because of what happened with Terrence. And then, I saw your mother with…"
"You did what?!" I cut him off in shock. I couldn't believe it… "She was taking a walk near the building with her colleague. Anyway, it was never about you." It looked like he just wanted to stop talking about Mother…
I barely registered she was near WOOHP with one of her colleagues… Why didn't Dad tell me this sooner? And why was he so willing not to talk about it?
"Never think that I'm willing not to have contact with you just because of what your mother and uncle are doing. I love you, and so do they." A small smile appeared on his face. I smiled back for a few moments. "Uncle and Mother don't love me. If they did, they wouldn't treat me like this." I then spoke up firmly.
"Lily, Angus is just upset… And Bryony is too." "I beg to differ." I frowned. "Anyway, what are we going to do now, since my peed off uncle is about to tell everything to my mother?" I asked coldly. "I think you should wait for some time to pass. They will calm down in time…" "That's going to take forever." I groaned.
That got me another sigh from Dad. "I don't know what else to tell you about that… I think it would be best if you stayed away from WOOHP, and espionage for now. The girls are staying away from it too, due to the situation with their mothers." He stated.
"Wait, they're not WOOHP agents anymore?!" I gaped. "No, for now at least. Their mothers demanded so." I was silent for a few moments. "So you want me to do the same as girls for now?" I repeated. "I think that's the smartest option for now. In case you want to talk to me, or need help, you can call me with your number."
"I don't know WOOHP's phone number, or yours for that matter." I pointed out with a sigh. "Then keep your X-Powder hidden, and use it to call me only. Promise me you won't use it for espionage. Promise me you'll stay away from it for a while." Dad looked at me seriously. "I promise." I nodded.
Not that I really agreed with the decision, but Dad was pretty serious about this…
"You'd better go now, or we'll make Angus even angrier." "Fine." I sighed, and was about to hang up, only to stop. "I love you, Dad. See you soon." I waved with a smile and quickly hung up.
At that moment, both relief, warmness and nervousness overwhelmed me.
As much as I never wanted this to happen… As much as I thought this was one of worst days of my life… There was also something good about it.
Uncle may have found it. He was most probably going to tell Mother everything as soon as she came home. It was something I dreaded.
But Dad finally opened up to me… He wasn't willing to cut contact with me just because of them, and it meant the world to me. It meant a lot to me he would still have my back…
That morning, Uncle Angus immediately introduced me to his newly-founded dictatorship. To say that I was pleased to meet its acquaintance was an understatement.
I was forbidden to leave the house unless I was going to school, or shop. I wasn't allowed to talk to Sam, Alex and Clover. I wasn't allowed to see them, or send them messages. I wasn't even allowed to call Allison… Not that she would really want to talk, but still… Under no circumstances was I allowed to call Dad. He had to make sure I didn't have his phone number in my ordinary phone. Thank God I kept my X-Powder hidden.
And, if I happened to break any of those rules, he would personally make sure I regretted it. What a fucking life…
I walked downstairs to the kitchen. Uncle was already there, preparing himself a breakfast.
Since I was still angry with him (and had every right to be, thank you very much), I quietly walked over to the fridge. After taking some eggs and bacon in my hands, I closed it. Then I took out a frying pan and put it on the stove.
When it was warm enough, I put eggs and bacon in the pan. Just as I was about to let them fry…. Someone threw a brick through the window of the kitchen.
I screamed and quickly ducked for cover behind the bar. Uncle jumped behind it too, just as glass flew all over the room. "WHO DID THAT?!" He then stood up shouting after few moments.
"I DID!" A voice I didn't want to hear spoke up. I quickly stood up while gaping. Mindy was standing in the kitchen. She was dressed in this weird, dark purple suit… "Mindy, what the fuck are you doing here?!" I demanded angrily. "You know this crazy bitch?" Uncle Angus gave me an incredulous look.
I rolled my eyes. "Well, yes, this 'crazy bitch' is Mandy's cousin…" "Another thing you never told me?!" "How was I supposed to know she was going to throw a freaking brick…" "SHUT UP BOTH OF YOU!" Mindy's screeching made Uncle and me stop arguing.
Both of us turned around to stare at her. "You who called me a bitch can go, I'm not interested in seeing you." Mindy gave my uncle a bored look. "It's this spy here I want to take care of!"
The moment she said that, I wanted to scream out loud. Where did this 'spy' thing come from?! Was she just kidding, or did she really know I used to be a spy?!
"I think you got the wrong person. There are no spies here." I spoke up sheepishly. "Yes, there is." Mindy retorted. "YOU!" She then pointed at me once again. "Now, get out so I can eliminate this spy…" "Over my dead body." Uncle Angus suddenly pushed me behind him. "Oh, is that a death wish?" Mindy let out a mocking laugh.
"Well, your wish is my command!" She was about to throw the brick at him, only for me to pull him down by his arm. We hid behind the bar again, just as the brick hit into our fridge. "What are you doing?!" Uncle hissed at me. "Just stay here, you'll get hurt!" I growled back and quickly stood up.
By now, I could smell eggs and bacon burning behind me…
"Listen, Mindy, I don't know what your problem is, but I'm sure as heck not going to wait to find out!" I threatened and got into a fighting stance. "The sooner I get rid of you, the sooner we'll be over with this." Mindy smiled evilly and took out another brick out of her bag.
I quickly ducked and avoided another brick (but the poor fridge didn't have such luck). Then, I grabbed the frying pan off the stove. Wasting no time, I lunged at Mindy and threw her to the ground.
"GET OFF ME, YOU STUPID SPY!" She screeched and tried to break free. "Have a nice breakfast." I smirked and dropped the pan's contents on her hair. She let out a scream once she could feel hot eggs and bacons in her blond hair. "MY HAIR! YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS, YOU…"
She never got to finish because I hit her with the pan. Then I grabbed her by her hands, and pushed her through the window. I made sure to throw the two bricks out as a good measure.
No way was I going to let that bitch come in here again… Who did she think she was?! Still… How did she know I was a spy? I doubted Uncle Angus would really want to tell everyone about that discovery… Finding out Dad was in charge made it even more shocking for him.
"That motherfucking bitch is about to get reported." Uncle Angus grabbed his phone from his vest. "What are you doing?" I shot him a look. "I'm calling cops." He retorted as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
While this certainly was something a person should report… I had a feeling we shouldn't. How was he going to explain to the cops why Mindy called me a spy? Besides… Every distress signal led to WOOHP. Did Uncle really want to talk to Dad again, especially after last night? This was something I should tell the girls.
"I'd rather you didn't." I spoke up honestly. "And why's that?" He eyed me warily. "Every distress signal is linked to WOOHP. Dad always receives calls when someone is in trouble." I replied matter-of-factly. "That's impossible." Uncle Angus scowled. "Try me. I had to take care of Dad's work once while he was away." I smiled smugly.
He turned off his phone while still looking at me. "Go to your room. I'll clean this up." He ordered with a frown.
I shrugged my shoulders and walked upstairs.
Once I was in my room, I dusted off my black skirt, and light blue short-sleeved shirt. The latter looked like total mess after the fight…
That was when my phone started ringing. I answered the call immediately. "Hello?" "Lily, you're not gonna believe what I'm about to say!" Sam's voice echoed through the speaker. "Try me. I think you're not gonna believe what I want to say either." I replied truthfully.
That was when someone else joined the line. "Am I the only one who can't be surprised by anything else anymore?" Clover asked. "I guess not." I shrugged. "Guys, you're gonna totally flip when I tell you what happened!" Alex was on the line now as well. "A pickle ambushed me at the store!"
There was a moment of silence as I tried to (and I guess Clover and Sam too) process what she had just said. "What?" Only that came out of my mouth. "I stand corrected. That is surprising." Clover deadpanned.
"Only it wasn't really a pickle, it was Caitlin!" "Dominique did the same thing to me at my mum's house!" Sam then said. "Mandy just went all sorts of ninja on me." Clover told us what happened to her.
I couldn't believe they were attacked too. This just sounded crazy…
"Mindy just tried to kill Uncle and me with her bricks." I then told them. "Not to mention she kept calling me a spy…" "Wait, she knew you were a spy too?! Mandy knew the same about me!" Clover spoke up. "No way!" Alex exclaimed. "Makes me wonder where they got that from, since your mothers and Uncle wouldn't really talk about that…" I trailed off.
"I say we sneak over to Mandy's house tonight and snoop around for some answers." Clover suggested. "I don't know… That sounds an awful lot like spying to me. We promised our mums no more missions." Sam pointed out. "Hello?! I'm not talking about doing any actual spying! Think of it, more like, investigating." Clover rephrased it.
Except that it was still obviously spying… I promised to Dad I'd stay away from espionage for a while. I couldn't break that promise. As much as I wanted to know what was going on, I couldn't just go and disobey him. It would make Uncle Angus angrier too. He forbade me to even stay in touch with the girls…
"Sorry, girls, but you'll have to count me out of this one." I spoke up. "Why?" Alex asked. "Uncle forbade me from going out. He even forbade me to call you three. This would only make him angrier…" "I get it…" Sam replied. "But do tell me what you find out." "We will." Clover promised.
As soon as they hung up, I did so as well. Then I grabbed a book and tried to read it. Another failure, of course. It seemed like books didn't want me nowadays, with my freaking daily crisis…
It turned out that the girls got caught by their mothers last night. Then they forbade them from even seeing each other. Now they were under same dictatorship like me. Thank God I wasn't in that mix last night, or else their crazy mothers would have probably thought of handling me with a shotgun.
I was already a 'bad influence' on them…. Anything could come up in their minds. That's what all mothers were. Crazy. I already knew it from my experience with Mother, and their own ones just confirmed it. When they think of something… At this point, I'd kindly ask them to put a shotgun in my mouth.
The girls did manage to find some things out though. Apparently, when we were flying home from our last mission, they accidentally dropped the Inventor's sample. The girls found it near Mandy's jacuzzi. Sam then took it with her. She said she'd analyze it.
They also heard Mandy talking to Caitlin, Dominique and Mindy. There was apparently going to be a second wave of the attacks… Which was, to say the least, nerve-racking.
That night, Uncle Angus was out. He didn't tell me why. He didn't say anything, really, since Mindy's attack.
Since I couldn't read, nor get out of the house… I figured trying to cook would get my mind off this fiasco known as my life. I was trying to make some noodles while reading a recipe…
When my phone started ringing again. "Yeah?" I answered. "Lily, you won't believe me what I've just found out." Sam told me. "What did you find out?" I asked slowly. "Can you come over here?" "I'll be in trouble if Uncle Angus sees I'm not home…" I trailed off. "He's with our mums at the Groove. They won't be home for at least one hour." She explained.
"I didn't know…" I trailed off in surprise. "I'm coming then."
Thank God Sam's house was right across mine, or else I wouldn't be able to quickly come home…
Third Person's POV
"Our girls are completely out of control. We need to do something to make them respect us!" Carmen declared.
She, Stella, Gabriella and Angus were sitting by a table at the Groove. Angus found it a bit weird to be the only man there. However, the mothers invited him. They wanted to talk about how he was handling his niece, and how Bryony was doing.
"Whatever it is, we need to get tough!" Stella stated while taking a sip of her tea. "You're right. I think I'll give Sam a surprise phone call right now to check up on her." Gabriella spoke up. She then started looking for her phone. Angus remained oddly quiet while watching three women.
"Have you told Bryony yet about your niece?" Carmen asked him. "Not yet." He shook his head. "Why? She ought to know what her daughter's been up to…" Stella pointed out. "It's complicated." The man replied.
Lily's POV
"What is it that you wanted to show me?" I asked Sam once we were in her room. She motioned for me to follow her. I did so. We walked over to her table. There was a microscope on it, with a sample of something.
"Take a look." She told me. I looked through the microscope.
My eyebrows furrowed as I saw something formed like letter 'S'. It looked familiar, but I couldn't remember from where…
"Am I supposed to know what this is?" I asked her while still looking at the thing. "SUDS contains the same gene Jerry told us about." She explained. "SUDS?" I looked up at her confused. "And what was it that Dad told you?" "SUDS is actually that sample we had dropped." She waved it off.
"The other day, Jerry told us that even though we're no longer WOOHP agents, we're still spies because we all possess the 'spy gene'. It's characteristic for all spies." She then told me.
My eyebrows furrowed, as that really, really sounded familiar…
Then I remembered. When Dad first told me about WOOHP, he told me I possessed that gene, just like him, the girls, and other agents… He described it as something that was in your blood.
That meant that… Mindy technically wasn't wrong… As much as Uncle wanted me to quit espionage, I was still a spy…
"Now I remember. Dad had told me about it before I joined WOOHP." I told Sam. She nodded and then gave me the sample bottle. "Read this." I took it and looked at where 'SUDS' was written. This time, I could see what that name actually meant. 'Simple-minded Users Destroy Spies'…
I looked up at Sam wide-eyed. "Then that means that…" "When exposed to the genes SUDS users are turned into super-charged spy hunters!" She finished for me. "That's why Mandy and others are out to get us? Because of that being in their jacuzzi?" I guessed in shock. She nodded.
And I thought things couldn't get any worse… Knowing that Mandy and her hyenas actually wanted to get rid of us…
Inventor, why couldn't you have invented something practical for the use of good?!
That was when Sam's phone started ringing. "Hello?" She quickly answered it. "Yes, Mother, just doing my homework." She then said after a few seconds. Her eyes turned to me, and the sample on the microscope. "Alright. Good night, Mum."
But, then, after a few seconds, she let out a gasp. "Mum, are you there?! Mum?!" She shouted into the speaker. "What happened?!" I ran up to her confused. "I heard shouting, and now Mum's not answering!" She told me panicked. "This must be the second wave…" "Then we've got no time to waste! Call Clover, I'll call Alex." I told her and quickly took out my phone.
She nodded before I dialed Alex.
By the time Alex and Clover caught up with us, all of us were at the Groove.
"Where are they?!" Alex exclaimed as we ran up to a café where their mothers and Uncle were supposed to be meeting.
At that moment, slow feeling of panic started coming up my spine.
I may not have been on good terms with Uncle Angus… He may not have cared about me, since he insisted on this fucking dictatorship… But I didn't want anything bad to happen to him! It had already happened once, I would never forgive myself if it happened again! I was supposed to protect him from trouble with my spy identity, not drag him into it!
"I don't know, but if Mandy touches a single hair on my mother's tragically outdated coif, she'll seriously regret it!" Clover growled.
If Mandy and her goons did anything to Uncle Angus, I would personally see to it that all of her bones are broken… Expelled or not!
"Look! It's my mother's cellphone!" Sam pointed at a table. I could see spilt drinks all over it.
That meant they really had them… That we were too late…
"HELP!" I could hear screams behind me. I quickly turned around to see a purple van driving away. "Come on!" We started running after it as fast as we could. By now, I could see Uncle Angus inside, with Stella, Gabriella and Carmen.
We even tried to jump and grab part of it, but the van was too fast. Just as we jumped to grab it, the van sped up and drove away…
I dropped on my knees in pure fatigue.
At the same time, I felt so defeated, and lost… I couldn't have anything bad happen to Uncle. I just couldn't. At this point, I wished I hadn't argued with him so much over last few days. First I was angry, and now I had no damn idea where he could be…
Well, that's the end of Part 1. I hope you liked it and until next time! :)