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~Chapter 5: To The Movies We Go~

"Morgan and Kat are in trouble!" Ash breathed to the rest of her friends, who were a little busy stuffing the creepy gun-guys into the back of their own van to pay attention the latest news on their friends.

"Give us a minute," Lexi grunted, shoving the last guy in before Meg slammed the door shut.

Meanwhile, Gavin and Ben stood against the wall, leaning back like nothing was wrong with life for them.

"See, young grasshopper?" Gavin told Ben with a smirk, "This is why girls are supposed to be the hackers and guys do all the manly work."

Ben snickered a bit, and Lexi knew that she had had enough. Stuffing her hand in her pocket, she pulled out a good-sized pebble that she had found while walking around on assignment, thinking that it was pretty because of the light blue shade. Without thinking twice about the loss of beauty, Lexi chucked the rock at Gavin's head with as much force as she could muster.

Gavin, caught unaware as the pebble smacked into the side of his head, let out an indignant "OW!: of surprise. It wasn't really pain, just more shock. But shock quickly turned to anger as he turned to glare at Lexi with dark, coal-like eyes.

"This is why guys die younger, you sexist pig!" Lexi snapped. "They think they're so much better than girls, and then they go out and do something stupid, like insulting girls that could kill with a freakin' finger!"

"And maybe," AJ growled, "It would be better if you helped us instead of leaning against the wall all happy-go-lucky like those guys didn't just try to commit a crime!"

Gavin continued to glare. Ash, who had been tapping her foot impatiently, finally snapped at everyone: "Stop arguing like children and maybe we can go help Kat and Morgan!"

Every one of the Gallagher girls turned to gape at Ash, the normally calm, confident girl. When Ashton Kim had loud, very impatient outbursts like that, it was probably wise to get moving.

Lexi, being the first to regain her composure, turned back to Gavin and Ben. "Get moving," she ordered with determination, "Because, in case you've forgotten, those creepy guys are after Morgan, and your friend just so happens to be in the line of fire if he gets caught."

The boys' faces hardened, taking on their own looks of determination. Without another word, they turned and fled towards the mouth of the alley, the Gallagher girls following close behind them.

In order to save their friends from whatever was happening, two very different groups of people would have to be work together and cooperate.

They soon caught up to the team that Charlie had mentioned, fighting and winning, since the guys were outnumbered. They then scampered like little mice off towards the theater, just in case they were needed.

"Okay, Rodge," I breathed as Aidan and I came to a slow when we ran into a crowd of people walking for lunch-rush, "Where are they?"

"Keep going towards the pharmacy shop," Charlie told me, worry still evident in her voice. "When it's in sight, look for a movie theater. Let me know when you get there, okay?"

"Got it, Rodge," I murmured, turning to Aidan again. The Blackthorne boy was looking at me expectantly, one eyebrow raised and everything as if there was a problem.

"They're at the movie theater," I said, barely moving my lips in case we were being watched.

Aidan smirked. "Bad time to be seeing the latest movie, don't you think?" he asked, barely moving his lips as well.

Scowling, I reached out with my fast spy reflexes and knocked his red hat right off his head, exposing the shaggy chestnut hair. While Aidan bent over to scoop up his hat, a scowl of his own in place, I had already turned away from him and started speed-walking in the direction of the too-familiar pharmacy.

When the movie theater was in sight, I slowed to a stop, pretending to admire a pair of jeans in a store window. "Where are they, Rodge?" I asked, making it look like I was talking to myself instead of someone that wasn't there.

"Duck inside the movie the theater and head to the girls' bathroom," she instructed.

"Griffin!" I head someone in Aidan's ear buzz quietly as he came to stand by my side, "You need a cover, dude!"

Aidan grinned mischievously. "No worries," he said, snaking an arm around my waist. "Two people seeing a movie. Perfect, eh?"

I narrowed my eyes slightly, showing that I wasn't very happy with my new accommodations. On the other end of my comms unit, I could hear Charlie snickering with laughter, and I spotted a traffic camera only a few yards away from me, where Charlie and Mr. and Mrs. Goode were probably watching my humiliation.

Despite everything, I forced a smile. "I hate you," I informed Aidan, barely moving my lips again.

"The feeling is mutual," he agreed, plastering on his own fake smile.

"Er, sorry to interrupt you two," Charlie said, the smile still clear in her voice, "but Music, Legacy, Alley-Cat, and Sushi are coming up behind you with the other two boys."

The comms in Aidan's ear buzzed with someone's voice, and he glanced over at me. "Gavin and Ben are on the way," he confirmed with what Charlie had just told me.

Forcing a smile, I pushed through the doors to the theater lobby just as I saw everyone else out of the corner of my eye coming down the sidewalk, laughing and talking like they were just a group of friends coming to catch a movie before heading off somewhere. Aidan probably saw them too, because he held up his hand and gave a casual wave, as if we were all just friends coming to the same place, ironically, and at the same time.

"We took out the team following, but we think that one got away," I heard Meg report.

"Got it, Music," I breathed. I turned to Aidan slightly. "I'm going to go to the restroom," I announced quietly, smiling widely at Aidan as I pulled away from his arm. I scampered off towards the girls bathroom, the smile vanishing as soon as I heard the door close behind me. The place seemed abandoned.

"Fox?" I whispered. "Green-Eyed?"

I knew something was wrong, and my suspicions were proved correct when there was a soft click from the safety of a gun being released. Turning around slowly, I found myself staring down the barrel of the weapon, my eyes roaming to the person holding it. It was the guy that I had taken out with Aidan.

"Where are your friends?" he demanded, his dark eyes glinting.

"We came here to see a movie!" I squeaked, holding my hands up and pretending to do what any freaked out girl would. "I thought they were buying popcorn out in the lobby!"

The guy scowled at me. "We know who you are, girl," he snapped. "And we know that Morgan Goode and your friend Katarina Lee are here somewhere."

Dropping the act and getting up onto the balls of my feet in a fighting position, I smirked smugly. "Well, if you know who I am, I guess I can do this!" I yelled, lunging for the gun.

I knocked the weapon away, startling the guy as the weapon clattered to the tiled floor and slid across the room. It seemed like the guy thought that I would be like a deer in the headlights of a car if he brought out a gun or something. With as much speed and force as I could muster, I punched the back of the guy's head, sending him sprawling onto the ground.

Stepping over his body as if nothing had happened, I called out for Morgan and Kat one last time. My gut told me that they weren't there, so I quickly exited the bathroom, a sinking feeling building up inside me.

Aidan was leaning against the wall, his hands in his jeans pockets as if he were waiting patiently. I marched up to him, fully aware that my friends were keeping a close eye on me from across the lobby as they pretended to wait in line to buy popcorn.

I leaned against the wall beside Aidan, a soft groan escaping my lips. "Charls, they weren't there!" I hissed worriedly, taking in my sisters' widening eyes from where I stood as I delivered the news. Even Aidan tensed up, as if he hadn't been expecting this.

"They should be there!" Charlie insisted. "Did you check both bathrooms?"

I blanched. Before anyone could react, like a shot, I was running towards the set of stairs toward the back, leading to the second floor of the large theater. I scanned the area for the other bathroom, barely able to keep from crying in joy as I rushed into the door marked 'Women'.

The bathroom was also abandoned, but when I said my friends' code-names, they came down from an air vent. I hugged them like I hadn't hugged before, glad that they were okay.

"I found them!" I reported, hearing the small whoops from my friends in the lobby.

"Mission accomplished," Mr. Goode came in. "Why don't you girls head back? I think you've had enough fun for today."

I couldn't have agreed more.

I walked back towards the stairs, both of my friends in tow, happy that we were all okay.

Yes, Randy. You're all okay... For now...

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~Dreaming