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Zach's arm felt cold on the arch of my back as we followed my mom in a kind of trance down the hallway.
'Mom… Henry's dead' I said, trying to keep my voice steady and calm.
My mom seemed a little shocked and I felt her slow but she didn't stop or say anything.
As we came out of the passageway I gasped as I saw guards everywhere, patrolling the hallways.
'Mom, my head hurts' I whimpered as I finally felt the stabbing pain at the back of my head.
My mom stopped suddenly causing us to almost walk straight into her. She turned around, her eyes finally looking me over.
'It's okay kiddo, we'll get you to the hospital now okay?'
I nodded, just trying to focus on not throwing up over the newly polished stone floor.
My mom seemed to see me hesitate and I was thankful when she gently took my arm and led me up the stairs to the hospital wing. I saw Zach following behind guiltily so I took his hand with my other arm. I noticed my mom's lips tighten.
As we reached the top of the stairs my mom suddenly stopped again. 'Cammie, did you hurt your arm?'
'It's fine' I muttered. I glanced down at my arm which before had been in a sling which I'd taken off to avoid any extra attention. My mom frowned but grabbed me by the arm again and led me to the hospital, but she paused outside it.
'This may be a little bit of a shock…' My mom said as she slowly opened the door.
I staggered back into Zach as soon as my eyes darted over the room.
'No…' I whispered my voice cracking.
'Yes' Bex said coldly. I took a tiny step forward to get a better look, and then realised I shouldn't have.
Bex and Macey sat around a bed, they themselves were unharmed but it was the girl in the bed that was the problem, the girl in the bed was Liz.
'What… What happened?' I stammered.
'You left' Bex said coldly. 'When Henry attacked she got hurt, if you'd been here maybe this wouldn't of happened.
'Rebecca' My mom warned.
'Well it's true!' Bex cried, her anger flaring up. 'If you and Zach hadn't run off for a little holiday then this wouldn't have happened!'
I was tempted to slam my hands over my ears to block out her words, but spies hear everything. So instead I replied 'Zach killed Henry, he won't bother us anymore'
It stopped Bex in her tracks as I saw her prepare to throw more accusations at me. 'Well it's a bit late for Liz isn't it' Bex shouted as she stormed off. I watched as Macey began to follow her but she turned towards me suddenly.
'Liz will be okay… they think she'll recover well' Macey whispered to me as she walked out after Bex. I tried to concentrate on Macey's words rather than the way her smile didn't hold much promise, or the way her voice was slightly off key or maybe it was the way her eyes couldn't meet mine, whether it was worry for Liz or because she hated me I couldn't be sure.
'Come on Cammie' My mom said gently as she tried to lead me towards the nurse. I stood frozen, unable to take my eyes away from Liz who's skinny frame made her look like a baby amongst the tubes and blankets surrounding her.
I saw Zach's hand creep close to my shoulder to comfort me but he instantly dropped it to his side when he saw my mom's glare.
'Cammie, come on, we need to get your head looked at' My mom said a little more forcefully as she lead me to be examined by the nurse and I had to draw my eyes away from Liz.
'Zach you can go' My mom said stiffly as she collapsed down beside me as if she had the weight of the world on her shoulders… which she probably did.
'Maybe I should stay with Cammie…' Zach started awkwardly.
'No' My mom said too fast.
'I'll see you around Zach' I shrugged as he walked back to his room.
I looked down at my feet as I said 'Mom, what's your problem with Zach?'
'He took you away from me, and you come back looking like this!' She said, her voice rising.
'Mom you don't understand… We went to find out where Henry was and Zach… he killed him, we never have to worry about him again mom'
Tears filled her eyes as she whispered 'I just thought I'd lost you, I even had to cancel your credit card, I thought it would be the right thing to do and you'd call me but then they attacked and everything…' She stopped for a breath.
'Mom, I'm sorry, but you have to see it wasn't Zach's choice, it was mine'
My mom nodded and grabbed at my hand.
'I'm sorry about what happened before I left' I finally said when the silence became too much.
'No, that was my fault, you should never have to do anything that you don't want, especially something like that, I can tell it's not you Cammie, I'm sorry'
I smiled at my mom.
The nurse finally came over, washing the blood out of my hair. I held my mom's hand tightly. The nurse then began x-raying my arm and to my annoyance it was put into another cast and sling.
'We think you'll have to stay in overnight' the nurse said finally after being checked over for two hours.
'Okay' I agreed immediately, if Liz was here there was nowhere else I'd rather be.
My mom helped me into my pyjamas and as I got into bed I could tell there was something she wanted ask me.
'Cam… I have to ask this…' Her cheeks reddened and then I knew what she wanted to ask. 'You were alone with Zach all night in a hotel… you didn't…' She trailed off awkwardly.
'Mom!' I said shocked. 'Of course I didn't, we were on a mission!'
'Of course… sorry kiddo I had to ask…' She gave me a gentle pat on the back. 'I'll come and see you tomorrow morning'
'Okay mom' I smiled, sure that my cheeks were a bright red still.
My arm throbbed, my head pounded and all I wanted to do was sleep, but as I looked at my friend my broken arm suddenly felt more like a paper cut.
'Cammie?' I jumped at the sound of Liz's voice.
'Lizzie!' I cried as I ran across the room to her bed, well, ran as fast as possible for someone with concussion.
'Cammie are you okay?' she croaked, eyeing my bandaged head and sling.
'Of course I'm okay Lizzie, it's you everyone's worrying about' I demanded. 'How are you feeling?'
'I… I'm not sure… I just ache… almost like I've been sleeping too long'
I shivered as I sat on the seat next to Liz's bed. 'I'm so sorry I left you Liz, me and Zach, we got rid of Henry, we never have to worry about them again, I know that's no excuse but…'
'Cammie! You shouldn't be sorry for anything! It was my fault, I shouldn't have got involved in the fight, it's not really my field'
'You were so brave Liz' I smiled.
She smiled back but I saw through the smile and into her tired eyes. 'I'll leave you to sleep Liz'
'Okay' She agreed as I made my way back to my bed, falling asleep as soon as my head touched the pillow.
My eyes felt heavy with sleep so I left them closed and listened to the voices.
'Why should I talk to her' I heard Bex whisper sharply.
'She didn't know this would happen, her and Zach got rid of Henry too' I heard Liz whisper back weakly.
'Well she didn't even think to take us with her, she just left us with a bloody note' I heard Liz sigh in defeat at Bex's strong words.
I'd heard more than enough. I yawned, pretending I was just waking up. The nurse rushed over, asking me all kinds of questions.
'Are you okay?'
'Does your head hurt?'
'Shall I get your mother?'
I noticed Bex roll her eyes at the nurses concern. I gritted my teeth.
'My head's fine' I lied, just wanting to get out of here.
'Are you sure?' I heard Liz say in the corner. 'I heard you mumbling in your sleep last night, you sounded like you were in pain…'
'Liz I feel fine, honestly' I managed a weak smile.
The nurse raised her eyebrows and started writing notes on her clipboard. I sighed.
'Okay, well I guess you can go now, we'll be asking your mom to keep a close eye on you though'
'Fine' I agreed quickly, now desperate to escape Bex's penetrating glare.
I struggled into my uniform, making sure they couldn't see my face which was contorted with pain as I did up the buttons on my blouse. I sighed in relief as I was finally ready. I struggled trying to brush my hair through with one hand and then roughly tied it into a ponytail. I took off the bandage from around my head quickly so the nurses wouldn't realise. Just as I was rushing out I bumped straight into Macey.
'Cam what happened to your arm?' She cried shocked. 'I didn't realise you were hurt'
'I'm not' I said trying to keep my voice even. 'It's just broken it's no big deal' and then I quickly slipped past her. As soon as I got back into my room I collapsed onto my bed, popping a pain killer into my mouth before accidently falling asleep.
'Cammie, are you okay?'
I sat up quickly at the sound of my mom's voice.
'Mom… what time is it?' I muttered as I jumped off the bed.
'It's nine sweetheart, I didn't want to wake you but I wanted to check you were okay'
'Oh my gosh! I'm going to be late for CoveOps!' I cried as I fixed my hair and got ready to dash out the door.
'Cammie, clam down, you've got time for breakfast first, just relax'
I nodded as I followed my mom out of the door, willing her to speed up a little.
I was relieved when I entered the hall and saw all the girls still sat there chatting and eating. But then for the second time that year the room went silent.
My mom led me through the silent room. I trailed behind trying to hide behind her beautiful figure as she walked between the gap in the tables as if she were a catwalk model.
She went to join the teachers giving me a reassuring pat on the shoulder as I hesitated in front of my classes table. There were two empty seats. Zach was sat chatting next to Bex and as she glanced up at me and noticing the empty space beside her she shuffled up, clearly trying to insinuate it was taken. So I slipped in beside Tina.
'Oh Cammie! I heard all about you taking on the twenty armed men!' Tina cried excitedly.
'Tina' I sighed. 'There were about five about we only got rid of Henry'
'Oh, so you didn't kill all twenty of them single handed?'
'No of course I didn't Tina, Zach was the one that managed to kill Henry'
'Oh' Tina replied shrugging, obviously upset that her fascinating story had turned out to not be true.
I nudged the food around my plate, the whole time watching Bex and Zach out of the corner of my eye.
Dead on 9.15 Zach and Bex left for class and I finally looked down at my plate realising I hadn't even eaten.
I stood up as everyone else left, ready for an interesting CoveOps lesson.
'Teamwork…' Mr Solomon started, beginning his lecture. But I couldn't focus on his words, instead I felt the glare from Bex behind me.
I looked down at the table, tracing the patterns in the wood on the table with my finger.
'Cameron?'
'Urm, sorry Sir, what was that?' I said startled, drawing my eyes away from the table.
Everyone laughed.
'First thing you should do when you have a tail?' Mr Solomon repeated impatiently.
'Urm' I stammered, my mind blank.
'Rebecca do you know?'
Rebecca answered instantly.
'Very good… now…' Mr Solomon started ready to continue.
'Cameron, where are you going?!' He cried as I leapt out of my seat and dashed towards the door
I didn't even know where I was going myself, I didn't even know what I was doing even, all I knew was that I couldn't stand to be in that room any longer.
As soon as I stepped out and closed the door behind me I knew there was something not right.
'Wow, that was easy' someone said simply as I was grabbed and held from behind.
Just as I was about to flip my attacker over my shoulder a cold voice said 'I wouldn't do that if I were you' and that was when I felt the cold metal against my neck. That was when I knew it would be unwise to attack this person.
'Someone will come out and see you' I said loudly, despite knowing that all the rooms were soundproof.
The attacker laughed. 'They obviously don't care about you if they didn't follow you out here. I mean you really made it too easy, I thought I would have to kill your friends to get to you, but we happened to walk straight into each other'
'What do you want?' I said gritting my teeth, the metal from the gun was cold against my skin and I willed myself not to faint or cry.
'Well, you killed my brother Henry, I'm after a little revenge'
'Then why don't you pull the trigger' I hissed.
'Oh believe me, I'm tempted, but I'd rather kill you… slowly' He laughed as he began dragging me down the corridor.
