Disclaimer: I do not own the Gallagher girl series
I opened my mouth when a knock came from the door.
"Cameron, its Dr. Steve, we need to talk" my eyes shot to James. I opened the door; I glared "why is James leaving?" he sighed and pushed passed me. "That is none of your concern Cameron, Catherine will explain everything tonight." I huffed and crossed my arms. "So what did you need?" I asked in a board tone. He sighed "since we will be getting a new teacher, they need a room so…." He trailed motioning his hands around the room.
My jaw dropped 'Was Catherine taking me off the mission?" I thought; he shook his head as if reading my mind.
"Cameron you will be moving into James dorm after they leave. You'll share it with Mr. Goode, Anderson, and whoever will be your new roommate, since this is a back and forth exchange" my tensed shoulders' relaxed slightly, only slightly. "Do you know anything else, or need anything else?" he shook his head and left before we could get even another word in.
I was frustrated to say the least. James was changing schools, I have to go on a meeting with Catherine Goode, I still had no idea what Jonas had meant by everything he had said earlier and on top of it my mission was all screwed up because I fainted after I talked to Zach.
Great!
I plopped down on my bed and huffed out in frustration. James chuckled I cocked an eyebrow and sat up a little "What's so funny?" I gritted. He shrugged "you're kind of cute when you're frustrated" I rolled my eyes and punched him in his shoulder
"Shut up! This is serious why the heck is this mission so different? I mean I should have already had this handled right? There has to be something wrong with this mission right?" Our conversation had gone from playful to serious. My voice almost pleaded like I needed James to confirm something was wrong but he shook his head.
"Cam this mission's different, I'll give you that but it's basic. Your making it harder, and let's face it your target is about as confusing as being a blind Yiddish woman. But it's your connection with his mother. He disobeys her, he probably hates her, but you don't. She's the closes thing you have to an actual mom. She treats you like your own but beats you down too, to train you to be the best you can be"
He was right of course, he was always right. Catherine was why this was so hard for me. It's why Zach and I had that whole blow out in the passageway. My-self conscious couldn't understand the fact why you would leave someone who loves you. I couldn't understand because I didn't have any family, yet Catherine was all he had left, and he left her. I was flabbergasted by the thought. I sighed "you're right" I glanced at the clock "crap were going to be late" James ran out the door, as I quickly started changing my cloths (after he shut and closed the door people) and put my combat boots on with a high ponytail; I checked my mental clock '35seconds not bad' I thought. Then James slammed the door open "come on we need to leave NOW" he grabbed me and we ran out the back doors of the academy.
It took us 44 minutes to run through the grounds to find the exact place Catherine would be waiting for us. We only had ten seconds to spare.
She eyed us carefully as she looked us up and down. Her goons (also known as Burney and Chris) just shook their heads and stood attentive. She turned her head to James "where's the kid?" Ryan. Crap how did we forget-
"James?" we heard Ryan yell a few feet away in the woods. James smiled "right on time" he went a few feet and grabbed Ryan. "Ryan I would like you-" but then his body went limp and he fell to the ground with a thud. He looked back up at the goons "I'll leave him to you Burney, Chris you go get the van, don't forget the shovel" Catherine gave them a final nod and was off. James left with Chris obviously sensing Catherine wanted to talk to only me. When we were finally alone she sucked in a breath
"Cameron, Cammie, I know this is well…difficult. My son is not one to be tampered with, I thought-" she paused and looked at me.
"Until I see how much you've worked and trained to be in the organization. So once you complete this mission you will take the test to become a full fledged circle member."
My eyes widened, was she…joking? I looked at her for any signs of lying but she showed none. My mouth gaped a little "But I thought since, since I've haven't completed the mission I-"she stopped me and took hold of my wrists. "Cameron finish the mission, you have all semester to do it. James got lucky and we knew Ryan was an easy target, but my son…not so much." She squeezed my wrists hard, it hurt but I showed no signs of pain.
"Finish the mission or else" her tone was deadly and fierce. I nodded simply as she tore her hands away. Then I spotted James walking back up "Ryan's in the van I'll leave the rest to you" she nodded at James. "James you're going to Sword Diamond so nothing looks spurious about Ryan disappearance" she said and started walking back when she turned. "Oh and Cameron?" I turned
"Yes?"
I'm leaving to Ireland for a mission, I'll be back at the end of the semester, goodbye"
"But-"I started but she was already gone.
Zach's P.O .V
"Come on we need to leave now!" I heard James say to someone. I heard running footsteps in the opposite direction. I turned the corner to see James and Cammie running, what were they up to? So I fallowed them, but it was a little tricky considering they were sprinting for who knows how long. Where were they going? When I finally saw them they were stopped. I looked around that's when I saw Ryan's body limp on the ground and my-
Mother, with her goons. Great, I thought sarcastically, and what the heck did they do to Ryan? I looked around when I saw one guy get and shovel and James help the other guy with Ryan's body. Did they kill him?
(A/N Ryan is NOT dead, just drugged.)
I shook the thought away and got closer so I could listen.
"- My son is not one to be tampered with, I thought-" she paused "-until I saw how much you worked and trained to be in the organization. So once you complete this mission you will take the test to become a full fledged circle member."
No my mother was tricking her, she knew what the initiation would do to her. This was bad, really bad. My mother was never nice, or sweet or anything. Cammie started babbling about not finishing her mission, and then it clicked. Ryan was James's mission I was Cammie's. Then I heard my mother's voice, the real one:
"Finish the mission or else"
Stone, Cold, hard, fierce, and murderous. That's what the real Catherine Goode sounds like, she was using Cam as her puppet, and Cam didn't even realize it. I stayed put and watched as James came up.
"James you're going to Sword Diamond so nothing looks spurious about Ryan disappearance" she said and started walking back when she turned. "Oh and Cameron?" Cammie turned "Yes?" she asked.
"I'm leaving for Ireland for a mission I'll be back at the end of the semester, goodbye"
With that she left, James and Cammie left. I stayed where I was for a while replaying the whole thing in my head. Then I heard my mom's voice Cameron, my mouth gaped, that was Cameron Morgan. It made sense now! Everything, I looked towards the school, and shook my head "She has no idea" I muttered and left.
Cammie's P. O .V
I was glad James didn't ask me again about the passage way, and I was surprised Catherine hadn't the night before. James had left this morning, I had hugged him goodbye. I'd miss I knew I would. James was happy to hear about what Catherine had said but the kindness he didn't quite believe, though he looked…guilty. I hadn't understood why; I glanced at the clock, time for the new kids to show up. I made my way to the dining hall and found the only seat left, across from Zach of course.
~The arrival of the Sword Diamond Institute~
The room was chattering but quickly died down as Dr. Steve took the podium "Student's I'd like to welcome to you the boys from the Sword Diamond Institute" he cheered. The boys piled in, I wasn't really expecting to see someone I knew. But I was wrong.
Dead wrong.
My jaw dropped as my eyes settled on one person. But then I noticed he wasn't looking at me but in my direction I turned behind me and saw him looking at Zach. But then his eyes rested on my as he smirked. I closed my mouth and shook my head, as I turned around in my seat. I gritted my teeth and said lowly muttered
"Nick..."
A/N
Shocker much? SO what did y'all think? SORRY FOR MISTAKES as always. And for those of you who know I'm in a process of writing a book it's coming along good so far!
REVIEW….Please?
-Alexandra
*This is final and re-edited version