But then again-I shouldn't be talking. Cammie stole my heart the moment I met her.

Cammie's POV

I jerked awake to a loud banging noise. I shot up, and noticed that I had been in Zach's arms. The Circle agents had come back, and they had opened the door forcefully.

"Well, well, well. Isn't this sweet? Sleeping together on the couch." Mrs. Goode sneered.

Zach, Grant, Bex and I stood up warily.

"Zachary! How nice to see you again!"

"Can't say I return the excitement, Mother." Zach stated calmly.

"Oh, don't be a smart-ass. I'm the one with the upper hand here." She smiled crookedly. I blinked. She looked a bit deranged.

"Okay, so you have two choices. You can either come with us the easy way – no fighting, or the hard way, where you struggle..."

Zach's mom droned on and on; it seemed like she liked listening to herself talk. I fought the urge to roll my eyes. My eyes connected with Zach, and he moved his eyes down. I looked down at his hands.

He was making a four with his fingers.

On four, run.

Then, he pointed to Grant and Bex.

Send the signal to them.

I turned and looked at Bex, willing her to look at me. She didn't, her eyes were trained on Mrs. Goode. But Grant did. My hand still at my side, I locked my fingers into a four. He looked down and nodded, nudging Bex.

Four.

Three.

I felt Zach grab my hand. I tangled my fingers through his, squeezing.

Two.

I saw Grant grab Bex's. I saw his touch visible calmed her.

One.

We suddenly started sprinting to the door, and I could tell that we surprised them. We managed to make it outside, knocking some of then unconscious. Mrs. Goode, who had been pacing, was a couple feet away from us. I already heard her shrieking orders, and the clicks of guns.

I leaned back, using Zach's hand for balance, and kicked a guy in the face. He did the same with me. We ran into the forest, the thick trees providing cover. But I could still hear their footsteps gaining on us. I didn't hear Grant or Bex behind us, but I'm sure they managed.

I hope.

Suddenly, we heard gun shots.

"Duck!" Zach shouted, tugging on my hand. I ducked, still running, and felt a bullet graze through my hair. Suddenly, I tripped and fell, flat on my face.

Some spy I am.

My hand was ripped from Zach's, but I immediately sat up, ignoring my heavily scraped legs.

"Cammie, get up!" Zach pulled me back up on my feet, his eyes darting from left to right behind me.

"Sorry, I'm sorry!" I gasped, trying to catch my breath.

"Just run." Zach growled, running behind me now, making sure I didn't fall again. The footsteps behind us started fading, and soon they were nonexistent. We kept running, though.

A spy can never let their guard down. When chased, either attack or run.

If you attack, you better beat the crap out of them. If you run, you know you don't have a chance, so you get the hell away.

Suddenly, I smelled something.

Something that wasn't right.

"Zach...?" I choked out.

"Crap. We have to get out of the forest, Cammie." We stopped running.

"We're surrounded by forest. The only way out is the way we came!" I exclaimed. "We would be running right back to the COC."

I recognized the smell.

Smoke.

Just like in my dream.

I whimpered softly, remembering the events.

"Zach, don't leave me, okay?" I stepped forward and clutched his hand, remembering him behind pulled away from me.

"Never." He said back, pecking the top of my head.

It was getting hard for me to breathe. Even though I couldn't see the flames yet, I knew they were going to surround us soon.

"I think we're going to just have to keep running." I told Zach.

He nodded. "I just hope Bex and Grant are alright."

My heartbeat quickened. In my dream they were dead...

I shook my head. It was only a dream.

Only a dream.

Half of which is already starting to come true.

We started running again. Stress and guilt was gnawing at my brain.

I had to tell someone. I had to tell someone about my dream, and what happened.

"Zach, in my dream..." I rushed out.

He chuckled, but there was no humor in his voice. "Really? You choose now to tell me about it, Gallagher Girl? While we're running for our lives?"

The playful nickname and sarcasm he used calmed me, somehow.

"Really." I said seriously. "In my dream, I was running, just like this. And the forest was engulfed in flames."

Zach looked bewildered, his grip on my hand tightening. I looked to my left, and saw sparks and ashes starting to lick away at the trees. I looked behind us, and saw the crackling fire, angry and red. I couldn't breathe. My eyes were watering and every breath felt like my throat was going to rip open.

I coughed violently.

We ran faster, desperately trying to escape the flames. I continued.

"And Bex and Grant...they were dead. And you were being wrenched away from me, and..." I coughed again.

"I don't want that to happen. Because what if it comes true, Zach?"

"It won't. I won't ever leave you, not even for a second, until we're safe. I promise, Cammie."

He started coughing, too. Deep, phlegmy coughs that wracked his frame. I rubbed his back as we stopped running.

"Are you okay?" I asked in my scratchy, barely-there voice.

"Cammie, we both know we aren't. Look around! We're surrounded by walls of fire. We're going to die from lack of oxygen if we don't get higher up. We have to climb the trees and breathe." He said in a whisper.

I nodded. But I couldn't help but wonder – after we climb the tree, the flames would probably just burn it down. Us along with it. Tears threatened to spill down my cheeks, I was afraid.

I know I was a spy, and this was my job, but I was not ready to die.

Not like this.

We found a medium-sized tree, with lots of bumps and branches, which made it easy to climb. We started climbing up the tree, our muscles trembling from exhaustion.

But the higher up we went, the clearer the air got. I sucked it in, my mouth wide open, eyes closed, head tipped back to the sky. We sat on a sturdy branch and breathed, looking down at the fire. It was getting close now – too close.

I was hoping for a miracle.

Suddenly, a helicopter came up above us.

They pushed down a ladder.

Zach and I looked at each other with wide eyes.

I couldn't believe our luck.

"Oh my god." I laughed in relief, my voice shaking. "I really thought we were going to die."

"Just climb, Gallagher Girl." Zach's smirk was back. I climbed up the ladder, him right below me. I got in the helicopter and turned around, helping Zach up.

I looked up, expected to see Mr. Solomon, my mom, or anyone from the CIA.

But I didn't.

I looked up to see Mrs. Goode.

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