What Lies Beneath

A/N: I'm back! Like I said before, I'm soooooo sorry about taking so long with Ch. 4. Hope you liked it, even though it was really, really, really short.

Ch. 5

My Dear Old Uncle Marty

"Hey, you!" a voice called from Mr. Sir's office. Tami turned and looked over her shoulder.

"Somebody call me?" she yelled. She could see a hazy figure walking toward her. "Yeah, me." it replied. As it got closer, she remembered the new girls. "Could you help me out?"

"Sure," Tami said, nodding. The girl looked grateful.

"Thanks. I'm Nikkolette, but you can call me Nikki." Nikki replied. She fiddled with the chain of her choker that had Nikki written across it. Something jolted Tami's memory.

"Hey, Nikki, where's your double?" she asked.

"Tia's still in Mr. Sir's office. He wanted to talk to her." Nikki replied. Tami nodded.

"I was just about to go and visit Mr. Sir." she smiled happily. Nikki looked at her and noticed the mischievous glimmer in her eyes. Even though Nikki didn't know a thing about her, this kid was up to something.

"Hey, you never told me your name."

"Ooops…my name's Tamika Toshi, you can call me Tami. I'm 12, my eyes are naturally this color, and I'm a hacker. I'm stuck here for 6 and a half years and I'm already bored. Any questions?"

"Noooo…I think I got it, thanks." Nikki replied. 'Although, now I kinda wish I never asked.'

"Hey Nikki!" came a second voice from Mr. Sir's office.

"Tia, over here!" Nikki called back. Tia raced down to meet her sister. "What'd Mr. Sir want?"

"He-" she started but stopped when she caught sight of Tami. "Whose she?"

Tami took a deep breath and said, "My name is-"

Nikki held up her hand and said, "I'll tell her, you go and talk with Mr. Sir."

"Right that's where I was going. Thanks, see ya later!"

Once Tami was out of earshot, Nikki told Tia, "That is a strange kid. Helpful but…strange."

Tami flung the door to Mr. Sir's office open and called, "Oh, Mr. Siiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrr!!" He picked up his head, regretting doing so.

"What'd you want now, Tami?"

"Can't I come and visit my favorite uncle in the whole wide world?" she asked, walking over to his chair.

"No." he replied. Tami's face fell. He stared at her. Finally, he gave in. "Okay, what you want to talk about?" he asked reluctantly. She smiled widely.

"Okay, I want the dirt on those girls." Tami replied eagerly. Mr. Sir gave her a blank look. Tami sighed, irritated at her uncle's ignorance. "Why are they here?" she asked.

"Why don't you ask them?" Mr. Sir retorted, stalling and searching for reasons not to answer Tami's question. She rolled her eyes.

"Come on, Unc! They think I'm…weird." Tami hesitated to stress the last word. There went one of her uncle's excuses.

"And this is news to me? I understand their reasoning, Tami. You're a twelve-year-old who can hack into federal files in less than 45 seconds." he replied, which gave him another idea. "And anyway, why don't you go find out yourself. If you can get through the federal security, a simple database should take you no more than 10 seconds tops."

"Duh! It's easier to come here than to break into the Warden's cabin." she exclaimed, tossing her uncle an offensive look, "Now, you're out of excuses, so spill!"

"Okay, Tami." Mr. Sir sat straight in his chair. Tami scurried to the chair in front of the desk. He had a lot of explaining to do.

A/N: There! It's long! See! There you have it! Two chapters in the two weeks since I hadn't posted ch. 4 and since ch. 4 was so short. Okay. ::looks down list of reviews:: SHOUTOUT TIME!!!!

Shoutouts:

Jonie: OWWWW! THAT HURT!!! Here, here, take it!!!

Da Baddest Chic: I hope I kinda got you two's personalities kinda right. If I'm totally off, then forgive me.