This was really what the last chapter was going to be called. I thought about it for a while and decided that this was better. I'm sorry it's taken so long, but I've been busy.Read on!

Chapter 8: Mirror Image Part One

Elyon's POV

There was an eerie silence as Elyon stared at her hands and pondered her problem. She felt like a prisoner who was trapped between the man and woman on either side of her. She had no clue that agents would be lurking around trying to find her when and if she came back to Heatherfield. Her eyes moved up toward them but her head stayed down. They looked very suspicious and were, no doubt, going to start asking questions soon. Somehow, she had to get to Hay Lin and Irma and the rest of the girls. But I know that these guys won't let me go so easily, she thought looking up hopefully at Irma and Hay Lin on the other couch.

They both seemed to realize the desperation in Elyon's eyes. Their looks of surprise when they had seen her earlier were gone and were now replaced with looks of worry and wonder. Elyon knew that they were trying to find a way out of this. She surely hoped so because there was too much on her mind already and she couldn't think of anything. Suddenly, Hay Lin jumped up and everyone started staring at her.

"Um, I'm going to try calling the others again." She chirped before she flew quickly from the room. (Almost literally)

"That's a good idea." Piped Agent Medina as she clasped her hands. Once they all get here, we can start talking about where Elyon has been and why she has been gone so long."

Elyon quickly moved her eyes downward when she felt Agent Medina's gaze on her. She instead tried to focus on what Hay Lin was saying in the other room.

"Ughh! Why isn't anybody answering! I'll just try Will's cell." Elyon started looking up at the ceiling and listened closer.

"Oh, hi Will! It's about time I got a hold of somebody. … Taranee's there with you then. … Really! Here I'll go open the door." She could just hear Hay Lin running to the door and opening it for Will and Taranee who made a loud racket with their bikes.

"Please tell Irma I'm sorry Hay Lin." Taranee said walking through the door. "I just had to go see Will. We'll talk about it later, but anyway, what was the big-"

When the girls walked in, Taranee stopped talking and their mouths dropped. Elyon smiled sheepishly and did a slight wave with her hand.

"Elyon!" Will explained taking in the situation. "What are you doing here?"

"That's what we'd like to know." Agent McTiennan said getting serious. "Elyon, why did you leave Heatherfield and why were you gone so long?"

Elyon just kept a blank face and stared right back at him. He started again.

"Well, Sergeant Lair should be here any time now." He said checking his watch. "He called to say that he would be a little late because of some trouble at the office. You can wait until he gets here if you have anything to hide."

Elyon gulped. He had her. She knew that her friends didn't want anybody to know their secret. Would if something slipped when he cornered her. Otherwise, if she didn't start talking, they would definitely know that something was up. She really wished that she could talk to her friends because she really had no clue to what to say. Come on, she yelled to herself. Give me an idea, any idea!

"Act dumb. Say that you don't remember."

Elyon's head snapped in the direction of Taranee who was bent over with her fingers to her temples. She knew instantly that Taranee was contacting her mentally, as she had done in Phobos's castle. Agent Medina looked at Taranee when Elyon had.

"Are you alright dear?" she questioned looking a little worried.

"Oh, she uh, has had a really bad headache for the past couple of days. It goes on for a couple of minutes." Will lied very convincingly.

"Say that somebody knocked you and your parents out or something." Taranee's voice again said in her mind.

"Okay." Elyon replied in her head. "I got it."

Taranee pulled her fingers from her forehead and wiped away some sweat. "Boy those headaches have been hurting. Does anyone know where I can get some medicine?" she asked politely.

"Here, lets go get you some." Irma said grabbing Taranee by the arm and leading her into the kitchen. They were most likely in there trying to figure something out. The door banged open right as they left and Mr. Lair came in with a smile.

"Oh Elyon! It's so good to see you again! We just need to ask you a couple of questions about why you were gone."

"Um," she said while thinking back to what Taranee said. "This may sound weird, but I don't really remember."

"What do you mean?"

"I just remember that it was the day after the Halloween dance, and something really hard hit my head. That's all I really remember until I, uh, woke up and started going back to my house where you found me." She replied scratching her head. She was even surprised at how good a story that was. Elyon just hoped that they all would buy it.

"So…" Mr. Lair mumbled. "You don't remember anything else. You don't know why you were gone or for how long?"

"No." she replied firmly.

"But maybe you were kidnapped!" Agent Medina exclaimed excitedly.

Visions of Cedric leading her away to Meridian with lie and deceit filled her mind.

"That's a possibility." Elyon replied coldly. The agents were too excited to pay attention to her tone.

"Yes, that could have happened! I wonder if her parents were taken as well."

"We're going to have to look in to this more!"

"Well, I think Elyon is tired and you have your answer so can we go?" Will asked quickly.

Agent Medina calmed down a bit. She cleared her throat and Elyon knew that there was something else on her mind.

"Hay Lin could you call Cornelia and get her down here before Elyon can go for today. We need to know that she understands what has happened."

Hay Lin shrugged and walked into the other room to dial Cornelia's number. Agent Medina turned back to talk to Will, to Elyon's surprise.

"I meant to ask you. What happened to your mom? Is she okay?" Elyon stared at Will as she started trembling. What had happened to Will's mom?

"I don't know if she's okay. But we really have to go, because we were all going to go to the hospital, and we were hoping that Elyon would come too."

Agent Medina was about to protest when Will streamed across the room and grabbed Elyon's arm.

"I don't think that Cornelia is coming." She added when they walked back outside on the porch. Soon, Taranee and Irma opened the door to see them. Elyon smiled gratefully.

"Thanks you guys."

"Hey, no problem." Irma said grinning. "But what are you really doing here."

Elyon looked down at the floor and took a deep breath. She had to tell the Guardians about her suspicions about what was happening in Meridian. She had to tell them the real reason why she came back to Heatherfield for help. Hay Lin's voice interrupted her thoughts.

"Cornelia! You won't guess who's here! Hey, what's wrong?"

A loud shriek burst from the phone and Hay Lin held it away from her ear. The girls all knew that it was Cornelia's voice.

"Help!"

"Cornelia? Cornelia!" Hay Lin shouted before the phone went dead. She slowly removed it from her ear and placed it on the charger. She walked over to all the girls who were all holding their breath. Hay Lin's voice was shaky and her face was pale white.

"Guys," she stuttered. "Something's wrong with Cornelia."

Gosh! It was too long again! Part two is up next because I decided to post them at the same time because it took so long for this chapter.