Chapter 4

Cammie's POV

"This way," Joe said leading around the school "Be exceptionally careful, this place is highly guarded."

"Except for the roof apparently," I snickered remembering just a few minutes ago when Bex had pushed me out of the helicopter and I crashed through the roof.

Joe glared "No smartass comments Cammie, if you trip an alarm then-" he made a slicing motion across his throat.

I sighed "Okay, okay."

We crept around back still hearing the code red alarm I'd set off earlier. All Blackthorne boys were on alert now, which meant we had to be in full spy mode.

"Alright, this is the backdoor," he said pointing to a large sturdy looking iron door. "Who wants to find a way in?"

I raised my eyebrows "You don't know how to get in?"

Joe grimaced "It's been a long time since I was a student here; I'm sure their security codes have changed. Just think of it as a cov-ops assignment. Find a way through the door, or get an F."

My mouth fell open, and then I glared "Another F? You do realize that's cruel and unusual punishment?"

He grinned.

I stuck my tongue out at him. "Girls, huddle!"

We all gathered round in a circle. "Okay there's got to be another way in besides that door, we don't have the code and can't risk setting it off, or they'll know exactly where we are."

"Right," Bex agreed "But how are we going to find another way?"

Macy rolled her eyes "You know Cammie has something up her sleeve."

I grinned "Now this is what we're going to do…"

"Go!" I yelled in a whisper to Bex as she scaled the wall and disappeared over the top of the roof.

"Liz you got in yet?"

"Working on it," she said typing on her laptop frantically "I get terrible service out here, plus their system is freakishly complex but I might get it in a few- got it!"

I peeked over her shoulder to see her adjusting their security camera's ever so slightly so they just missed any sign of Bex as she ran across the roof and down the opposite wall.

"Cammie," said a voice in my ear, I recognized Bex's voice.

"You see them?" I asked

"Yeah they're just- they're heading your way! They've covered the complete north side of the building and now they must know you're at the opposite end. You better get in there, and fast!"

"Thanks Duchess," I said turned back to the heavy iron door. Hmmm… can't go through it, can't lift it by force… I walked up to it carefully, stepping over a red laser obviously set to go off in a code red situation if anyone walks into it. I felt around the cold metal of the door. No imperfections, completely sturdy. This couldn't be right, there had to be an alternative way in if there was an emergency. That's when I noticed a small flash out of the corner of my eye. I was so fast and so small I almost missed it.

I frowned as I looked over at the stone wall to the right of the door. I went to touch the brick wall, but before I could the tiny flash came back followed by a buzz. Almost as if something was short circuiting…

I looked to the ground, moving the brush out of the way I picked up some of the stones, investigating them, just in case they had hidden some kind of switch that might tell me what device was making that buzzing. I pulled a large one out of the way, surprised when it didn't immediately come free. Instead it tilted back and the brick wall buzzed once…twice…three times and then before my eyes it became completely intangible. My eyes widened as I tested it by sliding my arm through the barley visible wall. It went through easily and my arm disappeared from sight. "genius." I whispered to myself.

"Uh, Duchess?"

"Yeah, Chameleon?" came her reply

"You might wanna come back here; I think we have our way in."

"Gotcha." She replied and I heard her moving around.

"Guys?" I said as they chattered amongst themselves "Yo, guys!" I said a bit louder

They looked up at me. I grinned "In we go." I said showing them the wall.

"Very good Cam," Joe clapped, smiling at me.

"You knew that was there the whole time didn't you?" I grimaced

"Yes, but what fun would it have been telling you?" he asked and I shrugged, sort of agreeing with him.

"Hey guys," Bex said as she jumped off the wall.

"Perfect timing," I smiled "Let's say hello to the Boys of Blackthorne."

Macey snorted "Yeah 'hello' all right, they're gonna look like idiots."

"Yeah, well that too." I grinned and we each, one by one, disappeared through the wall.

We filed down a dark corridor, it stopped suddenly and we were left with a dead end. "Now what?" Tina asked frantically "They'll catch us if we don't get out of here."

"Tina, Gallagher girls don't get caught." I said and felt around the wall finally finding a brick sticking out more than the others just ever so slightly. I pushed it in and the reaction was immediate. The wall slid open and we were greeted with an office. Dr. Steve, well at least I assumed it to be him, he was sitting behind his desk, grading papers casually.

He didn't even look up. "Hello ladies, Joe."

"Good evening Headmaster." We chorused

"Such lovely manners, excellent!" he smiled, finally looking at us. "My boys have been running all around here trying to find you," he chuckled "I suppose they'll be in for a surprise when the find out your not there anymore."

We grinned "We aim to please." I said

"And you don't fail, do you!" Dr. Steve chuckled again "Now if you'll follow me, we'll go down to the Great Hall."

He led us out the door of his office and down several hallways. I noted three secret passageways as we walked by, several painting that had to be peep holes, and one trap door.

We entered the great hall; we girls took seats at one of the tables while Joe and Dr. Steve went up to the staff table. There wasn't a boy in sight.

"Surely they would have realized we're not out there by now?" Liz asked quietly

I rolled my eyes "I wouldn't put it past them."

Just then the double doors to the hall slammed open and a crowd of very angry looking boys trudged through the hall, then completely froze when they saw us.

"Boys!" Dr. Steve boomed "So nice of you to join us!" he smiled

Many of them just spluttered a "H-how?"

The older boys that we had tailed in New York City just slouched back to their seats grumbling profanities along the way.

"Ah, boys don't look too sad, you almost had them!" he said exaggerating the truth "But you didn't need to, these girls will be our guests for the rest of the year. Girls why don't you come up and introduce yourself?" he gestured to the podium, and we filed up to the front of the room.

"My name's Bex Baxter, code name Duchess, I'm on the cove ops track and if ever call me Rebecca, I'll personally see to it that your arm gets broken." Some of the boys exchanged glances, probably wondering if she was serious.

"I'm Macey McHenry," Macey introduced herself looking gorgeous as usual "Yes I'm the senator's daughters and you can stop drooling. I'm also on the cov-ops track, my code name is Peacock." Many of the boys couldn't help but stare at her. I resisted the urge to roll my eyes.

Liz introduced herself next. "I'm Elizabeth, or Liz, Stutton. I'm on the Research track and my code name is Bookworm."

One by one the rest of the group introduced themselves, and then it was my turn. "Get up there Cam." Bex urged giving me a little push from my hiding spot in the shadows.

"If I must." I sighed and made myself walk up to the microphone. "I'm Cammie Morgan, I'm on the cov-ops track, code name-"I glanced at Joe he shook his head slightly

"-classified." I finished and stepped down.

Some boys looked slightly confused but others kept their poker face.

"Excellent!" Dr. Steve smiled "Now who'll volunteer to show these lovely girls around?"

Hands shot up in the air at once. Dr. Steve and Joe got to work pairing girls with tour guides. Bex got paired with Grant, Liz with Jonas, and Macey got stuck with some guy named Nick. As for me Dr. Steve suggested "Ah I know, how about you Zach?" The boy I had tailed in New York, and had almost choked me half to death not an hour ago, looked up from the spot he'd been staring on the table. I grinned sashaying over to him "Nice to see you again Blackthorne boy." He raised his eyebrows, then realization dawned on his face, and he smirked "You too, Gallagher girl."

My eyes betrayed me as they widened. Well I now knew my next mission. Find out just how much they knew about us Gallagher girls. I smiled, this should be fun.

A/N Well that's it! That's my first chapter of this story completely on my own! I really hoped you enjoyed it! I tried my best. Please review, and tell me what you thought, if you have any suggestions as to how I could improve it or if you think I should just continue with another chapter from here? Let me know! Thanks!

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