Disclaimer: I own nothing – all rights go to Ally Carter.

As I walked back to my room I thought about the picture of the scar that Joe had shown them, I usually had Macey cover it up for me. It was really hard to deal with this without my girls here but I had to stay strong, I had just told thirty boys that I was the Chameleon, by lunch everyone at Blackthorne would know. I threw my bag on the floor and changed into my gym clothes. I got my iPod and went for a run. I was by the trees at the far edge of the field when I couldn't hold the tears in any longer. I broke down by a tree. I pulled my legs up and hugged them to my chest. I rested my head against the tree and closed my eyes cutting of the tears and trying to control the sobs. My life was such a mess – and I had to deal with it all by myself.

I finally got a hold of myself. I picked myself up and jogged back to the building. I walked quickly through the corridors to Joe's room but stopped short outside when I heard him on the phone, "Rach, there's something wrong with her. She's so on edge all the time. You should have seen her today when she told the boys that she was the Chameleon,"

My mom said something and Joe hastily replied "I think so, yeah, I can't get her to talk to me. No – I don't think anyone would be able to get through to her. I think she needs to sort it out for herself." I turned away broken; my god-father had lost hope in me. I was finally all alone.

Strangely enough I managed not to cry as a walked slowly to my room. I wasn't aware of my surroundings, I completely missed Zach, Grant and Jonas – I walked straight by them. My head was held high and I was looking like I had a purpose even if I felt I didn't.

I felt something touch my shoulder, I flipped the person over my head, and it was Zach – now lying in pain on the floor. Jonas hurried over to him but Grant eyed me then came towards me. I took an involuntary step back but he kept coming. I was now backed up against a wall but my hand found the entrance and the secret passageway opened up and swallowed me.

It closed before Grant could get any close but I could hear all three of them calling my name on the other side of the door. I turned round and surveyed my surroundings. I was in a very old library but it had very modern computers and stuff like that. I walked over to one of them and saw that it was live CCTV footage for the school.

I flicked through the `channels` until I found the corridor in which I had left the boys. I saw now that there were quite a few more people than just three. Dr. Steve was there, as was Joe and some students as well. Dr. Steve shooed them away and then he walked over to Zach.

Zach was lying on the floor groaning – I laughed a bit – I mean I didn't flip him that hard. I just sat in front of the computer screen watching the school go through the day.

I must have drifted off to sleep because I woke suddenly. I had been startled awake from a very vivid memory.

Flashback

I was sitting in the car with my mom as we drove back from the airport after visiting my grandparents. We were listening to the radio and singing along to White Flag by Dido when all of a sudden my mom veered the car off to the left. I screamed "What's happening?" My mom flung her arm out in front of me to hold me to the seat. "Stay calm Cam, I'll get us out of this. I promise!" Then I heard a shot and the car stopped. Out of nowhere my door was opened and I was dragged out of the car. A man in black held a knife to my throat and told my mom to hand over the alumni disk. My mom looked stunned for about two seconds and then she was all business. She kicked the man who was holding the knife to my throat and knocked him out. But when she kicked him out of the way the knife slid against my neck making a small cut. Not enough to be fatal but enough to put me in hospital for a few days just to make sure I was stable.

They've been after me ever since.

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