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Chapter 5: Cammie POV
As we pulled through the security gates all of the girls were still speechless.
"Hey Cammie!" Called Bubblegum guard from the security booth, I never did learn his name.
"Hello." I replied.
"Welcome back." Yelled Bubblegum guard, he was chomping on a piece of gum, which smelled strongly of mint. Zach drove up behind us in Liz's van. Mr Solomon drove the van round to the front door and the freshman classes filed out of the van and back into the mansion. Zach pulled up the van behind us, the tires crunching on the gravel road.
I climbed out of the van and stood on the doorstep of my old school. Zach came up behind me as I walked up the concrete steps and through the grand oak doors into the main foyer.
Girls of all ages were running around trying to get to classes on time. My mum and dad were talking about something when they were coming down the stairs. As soon as they saw me they stopped and immediately expected a hug.
"Cammie" Mum said opening her arms wide.
I ran to her and gave her a huge hug; the smile on my face was huge. I began laughing I was so happy. Dad turned around and wrapped me into a bear hug. Mum and Dad turned around a shook Zach's hand.
"Mr Morgan." Zach said as he shook my Dad's hand.
"Zachary, I've known you for quite a while, you should know it's just Matt." Dad smiled.
"So why are you here? I have a feeling that this isn't just for social reasons." Mum asked.
"Actually we are looking for something, someone in particular." Zach explained.
"And who might that be?" Mum asked.
"Cassandra Goode." I whispered.
"Follow me." Mum turned and walked back up the stairs. Zach and I followed her while Dad went to the painting that concealed the entrance to the sublevels.
I must admit I tried not to count the number of passageways we passed but I may have counted them (8) and the number of times I had snuck down the passageways (countless) and the number of passageways sealed up as part of the Gallagher Academy's security upgrade (7, they missed the one behind the display of writing techniques).
As we reached Mum's office I was surprised to find that it hadn't changed very much. The photos on her desk would have been the things that had changed the most. The picture of us outside the Kremlin in Russia was replaced with one of her, Dad and me at senior graduation. Most of the books were the same like The History of Espionage: Third Edition and Handheld Guns and Where to Hide Them. The burn bag sat in the corner of the room, if anyone outside the Gallagher Alumni and Students were to learn what was in that burn bag then our whole operation would be compromised, and as you might guess that would be worse than bad. Zach and I sat down on the old leather couch that was up against the wall while Mum sat behind her desk.
"What do you want to know about Cassandra?" She spoke not as my mother or headmistress but as a fellow agent with information.
"Everything, from the day you met her 'till now."
"I'm guessing you found out about us being the same age, and knowing you Cameron you would guess that we were at school together." She sighed and tapped her fingernails on the desk. "It was the graduating class of 1981. Cassandra and I were good friends, not as close as you, Bex, Liz and Macey but close.
"We were in the same year and same classes. She wasn't always Cassandra Goode; Goode was Alex's last name. Back in school she was Cassandra Rowts, her codename was Copper Curls because she had natural red curly hair.
"She was on the Cove Ops track, with me and we were in Buckingham's class, Buckingham was new to the school then. She was very good, we all were but one summer I didn't hear anything from her, no cut out or dead letter drop. The next term she took notes on everything about the Gallagher Academy and its staff. She seemed a lot more secretive and seductive that term. I knew that she was invited to spend winter break in Paris, but she refused and no one heard from her those holidays either.
"In junior year we met the boys from Nebraska 'Spy' High and she met Alex and I met Matthew and we both fell in love. I didn't know this at the time but the boys at Nebraska had already met the boys at Blackthorne, including Joe. Cassandra had met Joe and they were both with the circle.
"A few months later we graduated. We were both CIA. She was still seeing Alex and not long after her first mission she and Alex got married. Matt and I got married three years after we graduated, Cassandra didn't come to the wedding she was on a mission in London. For years I didn't hear anything from her.
"Cammie, you were six years old when I heard what happened. Cassandra had finally come out about being with the circle after 10 years since joining. Alex disappeared. Matt and Joe spent years trying to find him and take down the circle but then Matt went MIA.
"I heard nothing about her after that until Mr Goode here showed up at exchange. Then she started popping up everywhere, the rooftop in Boston, Blackthorne and the COC base in London. That's all I know."
Zach and I took a moment to take everything in.
"So where do we go from here?" I asked Zach.
"We need more information. There isn't enough to track him." Zach replied.
"Wait who are you looking for?" Mum questioned.
"Alexander Goode."
"Then why are you asking about Cassandra?"
"Because someone blew up Nebraska" I began. Zach looked away as if he was pretending to look for who blew up Nebraska, when really he knows he blew it up. "And we need information."
"So the real question you are asking is…"
"Where is Alexander Goode?"
So this was a bit of a filler but the story of Cassandra Goode plays a bit part in this story..so yea.
I've almost finished writing 'A Picture Spies A Thousand Lies'! I'm thinking once I finish this fanfic I will either continue writing 'Look Before You Lie' or "Josh and ...Jonas Abrams?' Which would you prefer?