Chapter 2

Macey turned a corner and started running towards the grand hall where all the other students and teachers were gathering.

I don't know what made me do it but I ran ahead of Macey and shouted 'follow me.'

So Zac turned around and followed me down another corridor. All the others followed close behind and as I came to a sudden stop they all bumped into me.

We had come to a passage way that only I knew about. I hadn't told anyone about it before and I felt kind of bad revealing its secret to a lot of other people, but now was not the time for that.

I pulled the hidden leaver and the door to the passage way opened. It revealed a short tunnel but then it was blocked by a big concrete slab.

I had always known that was there. This passage way was not for going from one place to another or for sneaking out of the school. It was where I went some times to just sit and be myself. I sometimes went here when I had a whole load of home work to do or when I wanted to read a book in peace or when I just needed a quiet place to sit and think.

I heard talking and running feet coming this way from around the corner.

"Come on you guys" I called and tried to get them to move quicker. The footsteps were getting closer so I grabbed Jonas by the shirt and practically through him into the tunnel.

I turned around and slammed the door behind me.

I turned around to see Jonas laying on the floor and everyone staring at me. Finally after a few minutes of silence Bex said what everyone way thinking.

"What was that about?" She yelled looking really pissed.

"Sorry everyone" I said with an embarrassed smile. Everyone was still looking at me so I started to explain.

"I just had a feeling ok" I said kind of mad they would question my judgement like that. "Let's just stay out of every ones way."

"WHAT" Shouted Nick

"Just trust me ok. I know this is the right thing to do." I said

"Well that's good enough for me" said Zac with a smirk.

Everyone else nodded and we all sat on the floor.

"Go fish" I said making Bex pick up a card. We were playing go fish with a pack of cards Jonas had in his pocket.

"How long have we been in here" Nick asked

"3 hours, 8 minutes and 22 seconds" we all said at the same time.

"Well at least our internal clocks are still working well" said Macey

"I once heard of a girl who was at this school 3 years after Gilly died" Bex said "There was a code black and her internal clock was mucked up so badly that she became so confused that she ran away and was never seen again."

"Very funny Bex" Said Grant but he did seem a little scared.

"I think we've been here long enough" Said Liz sounding quite scared and looking quite pale.

"Ok then let's go have a look around." Said Zac

So Macey stood up slowly and walked cautiously to the door. "It won't open" Macey said sounding calm but a little restless.

"Where going to die in here" Said Liz totally losing it and freaking out. She started hyperventilating and Jonas rushed to her side so fast he could of race Grant and not have been beaten by that much.

"It's ok guys. There's a secret latch that you need to use to open the door. I walked over to the door and lifted a little rock near the door and it opened up slowly.

We all stepped out one by one. I knew something was wrong and I have a hunch. I just hope I'm wrong.

I started to run before Macey had even come out of the passage way. Everyone followed and caught up pretty quickly. But this time they didn't ask questions they all seemed to know where I was going and they all seemed to know why.

As I ran down the staircase and into the grand hall what I saw was not what I was expecting. It was empty. No one was there and I mean no one. No staff, no students no one. There was absolute silence except for the panting of my friends.

Before they even had time to catch their breaths I was off again and this time I was running in the other direction.

As I reached my mother's office my friends were not that far behind.

"My mum must of left something in here when she noticed we were gone a code or something." I exclaimed.

"Cammie the school was evacuated because someone had tried to get in or out. Your mum would not have left a note that some imposters could have found." Macey said

"Ah but your wrong their Macey." Said Nick "Headmistress Morgan did leave something for us."

"And it's right over their on the coffee table" Said Zac finishing Nicks sentence.