Chapter 4:
Soooooo sorry I haven't updated sooner but regents (basically huge, hard, super important state tests for those of you who don't know) are coming up AND I've been working on a couple other stories, so check out my profile for those please!
Oh and thanks so much for all of the favorites/alerts that I received even though I took sooooo long to update. All of my reviews were soo sweet (especially the anonymous reviewer bibliophile) and inspired my to write more for you guys! Enjoy!
As we sunk underneath the sandI didn't know whether to be completely freaked out or be amazed and take it all in. I think a little of both. When the platform moving us stopped I looked around in awe. We were in a huge steel tunnel. But that wasn't the amazing part. Further down the tunnel was made of glass, and because we were so close to the ocean it was completely submerged so you could see all of the few plantlife and fish along the coastline. You would never even guess there would be so much from just swimming in it, as I had been doing since I had first came here years ago.
"What is this place?" I asked almost to my self. I had forgotten Jay was even there until he answered my question.
"We're in Edison. Or, at least in the entrance of Edison, one of them anyway."
"So what, there isn't a front door?"
"Of course not. Our founders decided there was no better way to keep a building a secret than to have no building at all. The entire school is made up of a series of tunnels." Jay said matter-of-factly.
We walked down the tunnel/hallway as it started to slope downward, going deeper and deeper into the beach. I was relieved by the time we heard the murmur of voices ahead. We turned one last corner and stood before…a dead end.
"What's going on?" I asked Jay. "Did we make a wrong turn or something?"
"Nope."
He slid back a piece of the steel to reveal a hand and eye scanner and a DNA sampler. Jay did each and the steel doors slid open, uncovering a steel entryway, with different hallways and staircases leading even deeper downward. Jay walked purposefully toward the largest metal door and flung it open to expose a Grand Hall just as steel and mechanical as everything else I've seen of the Edison Academy. The only difference was the hundreds of students staring back at us from long steel tables.
Jay walked ahead of me, strutting right up to the largest table at the head of the room. He didn't take the stares with him though, I was the only one being gawked at. I'd never felt so...seen. And for a chameleon, that's the scariest feeling of all.
I lifted my head confidently (even though I wasn't) and followed Jay to the podium where he was speaking to a young woman who looked very familiar from the back. I was shocked when I realized who it was.
"Aunt Abby!" I exclaimed reaching to hug her.
"Hey squirt." She said hugging me back.
"Aunt Abby, what are you doing here? Was it that easy to find me?"
"Of course not, Cam it took ages to find you. And…" she hesitated before adding, "your not the entire reason I'm here." Now I was confused.
"Well, why are you here then?"
Jay interrupted before Aunt Abby could answer. " Well it looks like you two have some catching up to do so is it alright if I go sit down with everyone else, Headmistress Cameron?"
"Headmistress?" I exclaimed. "You're a headmistress?"
Abby shrugged. "Your mom isn't the only one who can run a spy school." She turned back to Jay. "Yes you may sit down, and good work finding her." She sounded very serious and headmistressy until she gave him a high five. I rolled my eyes. Same ole Aunt Abby.
Again...sooooo sorry for not updating sooner but I'll probably be taking an even longer break (if that's even possible) because I'll be on vacation for the next three weeks. Actually I'll be going to the place mentioned in this story. Not Edison, of course, but Seaside Heights. (Wow I probably shouldn't have mentioned where I'm going to the entire internet but oh well, it's a loooong and very crowded beach, any creepers will have a hard time finding me.) Soooo yes it's a real place and those of you who do know of it probably know it from it being the site of the show Jersey Shore. Actually, (not to sound like a stalker or anything) where we go is only a couple miles from their house. And yes, even though I don't even watch the show I do know where they live, as weird and creepy as that is.
So anyway my point is that I'll be on vacation and won't be able to update for a while but on the bright side, since I'm going to the place I'm writing about I'll probably get a bunch of new ideas for the story to make it even better for my AMAZING readers! Luv ya guys! And REVIEW PLEASE!